A little history

Welcome to my blog.
I will be mostly talking about the fun times and the not so fun times raising my bees.
I first got the beekeeping bug years ago. My Grampa and Great Grampa Forrest had a commercial nursery. They worked side by side building up their business after immigrating from Scotland in the early 20's. They mostly grew flowers, so it only made sense that they also kept bees. The bees and greenhouses were gone before I came along but hearing the stories gave me the urge to keep bees one day.
I remember seeing a few tools that he still had left, but mostly it was the 50 year old honey they found when him and Grama were preparing to move from the farmhouse. Poppa gave me some and I ate it. I think right there was when I knew someday I would get bees.
Well some 30 years later, I finally did it. Last year a friend and I bought 2 hives.
I was completely in the dark about beekeeping. But what better way to learn then to dive right in head first. And so I did.
As a nod to my Grampa and his father, I have named my Apiary after their nursery business, Riverside Nursery.
So welcome to Riverside Apiary, I hope you will enjoy it.

Here are a couple of photos. One is of my Great Grampa (Alexander Forrest) this photo is of him and their flower displays at the PNE, where they would display their flowers, honey and bees wax.
The second photo is of my Grampa (John Forrest) and his dad (Alexander Forrest).

                                 Great Grampa                                       Grampa and Great Grampa