The View from  the Country will include photos and videos from  our camera and YOURS! If you have any pictures you would like us to share, email them to us at our EMAIL, and add a caption and comment as to where the picture is from and what it is! Also mention that we are able to use the picture freely. 
We hope to get some great country shots of anything you find on your own property and anywhere your travels may take you! 
Happy shooting!
The Parson

Today I went to the Apiary to see what I could see. I was dissapointed  that at least two hives had no sign of Queen bees. After careful inspection I could not see any eggs either.  No brood, no queen cells, no queen. 
It is much too early to order queens for this area, so  I   am going into some healthy hives in order to pull frames of day old brood and put them in the "queen-less" hives in hopes that they will "pull" a queen cell and give them selves a new queen. If they have not started working on this with in a week or so, I will have to hope for the best till I can order a new queen for the  hives. 
Below are some pictures of queens, queen cells and brood: 

Even though  Spring has not officially  "Sprung" yet, there are already signs of spring in the air:  grass is starting to green, and we had a hen become broody  recently and she hatched off several  chicks. The rain has been non stop for the past few days, so I imagine that to mean we are  getting closer to warm weather! 
There is so much to be done around the Manor, and I hope to share most of our successes and failures with you this year.