Black Lake Bee Farm - Meet and Greet

We haven't officially named our apiary. Maybe that will happen in the truck on the way to Clearbrook or on the way back on Friday.

In the meantime I thought we'd do a little meet and greet.

Kristine Kolar - Head Bee Keeper 

The operation is her brain child and the apiary is located at her house.

We rely heavily on Kris for two things:

1) Information - from the palm of her hand she can tell you at a glance things like: compass headings, weather patterns, honey recipes and who said what on Facebook

2) To worry enough for all of us.

Kris is also our financial backer and "old bee guy" handler.

 William Edwin Smith - Nuc Engineer

No kidding he's a Nuclear Engineer turned bee handler.

Bill gets to do a lot of the heavy lifting and heavy thinking. He's a selfless individual and seems to be the first to shed a little blood and "take one for the team".

We saw this first hand when tested our electric fence.


Bill is, however, against democracy, and thwarts any movement in the direction of a vote.





Karen-lisa Forbes - Apprentice, Most Likely to Be Stung First

Her personal motto - How bad could it be?- is what landed her a position in the bee world.

Full of bravado and a C'est la vie attitude Karen brings a background in horse farming and not much else to the table.

Karen does not worry or long range plan; she problem solves and is prone to being present somewhere else when she is most needed. 

Karen's biggest desire is to stick her hand into a swarm. "How bad could it be?"

 Dee Sweeney - Support Staff

Dee is married to Bill. They are a package deal.

Dee is boss at painting wax on foundation or any other menial task we give her. She is nothing if not meticulous when it comes to clean up and is the first to ask a question we cannot answer.

Dee is also our spokes model. Video coming soon.

Dave Harrington & Mike Forbes - Skeptic Services

Dave and Mike are the very tolerant and understanding husbands of Kris and Karen.


Mainly in charge of teasing and sarcasm they are occasionally coerced into manual labor. 

While not "into bees" they are into bees and we suspect they are secretly envious of Bill and his ability to attract women using bees as a ploy.

There you have it. The entire staff of The Black Lake Bee Farm. We'll let you know on Friday if the name sticks. Oh, no pun intended.

Peace,
Karen