A few weeks back I was given a copy of an old magazine called "Gleanings in Bee Culture." This particular issue was dated July 1977. That is a 42 year old copy! Nevertheless, as I was reading it with great interest, I came across an article by Charles Mraz from Middlebury, VT which I found […]
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The official movie...
Well... not quite but a little movie nevertheless. I went to the garden today and noticed one of the white bees on a flower. I watched and observed it dedicate minutes upon minutes on one single flower. Eventually I realized that perhaps I would have time to go back, get my camera, and do a little […]
Little white bees...
It has been quite interesting to be surrounded by so many bees. Several weeks ago I came across a bee type I had never seen before. Not that I know much about bees, but at least I can tell the difference between honey bees, sweat bees, bumble bees, and wasps...Anyway, when I saw it I was totally […]
Honey, sweet honey...
Well, after many many years of a bee-keeping break, the community in which I reside resumed bee keeping. While we have all kinds of wild bees hovering all around, this year we were gifted a hive by the area bee-keeper. Not so long ago was my first harvest of honey. Delicious! Here are a few photos […]
Bees and us
Bees, bees, bees buzzing all around... buzzing over here, buzzing over there... coming and going... what secrets do they hold? Bees holding secrets and information...can that be? They do give us honey... of that we are sure, but knowledge? That's quite unlikely! Or is it likely? Let's take a peek! […]