Comus Market

Happy Halloween to all of our friends and loyal customers!

This post comes a little late.

However, due to extreme weather conditions this year, we will not be open for the season

We apologize and hope to see you in the future.

Comus, MD. November 3rd.

There's plenty of color and photo ops in and around Sugarloaf and the Ag reserve... Come out and enjoy the seasonal treasures this weekend. Comus market will be open 10am - 5;30pm. Saturday and Sunday. Fresh cider, Staymen, Fuji apples and of course a variety of edible pumpkins & squash for your favorite fall recipes.

Enjoy the day, dvd.

The cats at Comus Market invited a few local dogs to celebrate Halloween this year!

Comus, MD. February 28th.

The mild weather this month has some of the flora and fauna thinking Spring. With temps in the low 70's here yesterday the honeybees went to work. This girl was returning to the hive from a successful foraging expedition.
You can see the yellowish ball of pollen she collect on her rear legs. This is pollen from nearby Swamp Maples. There are some low growing winter weeds such as Henbit also just staring to blossom.
This load of pollen is destined for the brood chamber to nourish the young larvae. Her hive mates have heated an area in the hive to a cozy 92 degrees. The warmth draws the queen in to start laying. From now on the bees have to keep the brood chamber 92 degrees no matter how cold it gets or lose their brood to "chilling".
If all goes well, The young bees start emerging and they go to work in the brood chamber to help increase the number of eggs the queen can lay. A healthy queen that can have the capacity to lay three thousand eggs a day!
By late march/april the honeybee population should be increasing exponentially. The larger the field force of foragers in May the better chance to harvest some extra honey!
I may be getting ahead of myself with such early talk of a honey harvest..But... as a beekeeper and farmer.. Sunny warm weather in February can fill one with thoughts of fancy.

Enjoy the sunny day! dvd.