President’s message (June 2021)
The swelling has gone down and my youthful glow has subsided to the usual crags and crinkles that are largely hidden by my COVID mask. Who knew one wayward bee in …
The swelling has gone down and my youthful glow has subsided to the usual crags and crinkles that are largely hidden by my COVID mask. Who knew one wayward bee in …
In April, a group of people came out of a cave in France after spending 40 days in isolation. Their time away from the headlines and news stories probably did …
Driving back from Cobble Hill, I had a New Zealand queen quietly sitting in my shirt pocket; a couple of worker bees along for the ride. This queen was marked …
It’s the end of another year in the life of bees and this week, as packages of bees begin to show up, the cycle begins anew. Equipment has to be …
I am feeling housebound. I feel like I need to drive to the outyards near China Beach and make sure they are still there. Y’know, just in case bears have knocked all …
Christmas Day and Boxing Day were highlighted by Zoom calls with the extended family. New Years Eve reached midnight with friends on a Zoom call and my meetings with other board …
I have started this update several times and each time found that I had to wait. I had to wait for another U.S. state report on the votes counted. It seemed …
Brad, my bee buddy and I, are batting 50/50 at the moment and we are still only in the first few weeks of fall. When the hives came back from the …
Suddenly every conversation I have sounds like one I am having with my dentist as he probes my mouth and blythely asks “how’s life?”. Now, that would be the “old world” …
Nine catches is considered a juggle. If you can toss three balls three times and catch them then consider yourself a juggler. Between building frames and checking for capped honey, …