Mary Beth: Winter is coming, I think, and even though the weather continues to be unusually warm for this time of year, I’ve been getting the bees ready.
So, what about the bees? Every time I tell someone that Ray and I are moving back to Colorado (Ch, Ch, Changes), I hear this question. I’ll say, [...]
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A Rant About a Rant
Posted in Agriculture & Farming, Bees, tagged Bee Habitat, Beekeeping, Bees, CCD, Colony Collapse Disorder, Garden Rant, Honeybees, Organic, Pollinators, Sustainability, Sustainable Practices on November 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Barbara: I got a call this morning from Mary Beth directing me to Garden Rant blog. Today’s guest rant, “Who cares about honeybees, anyway?” by Xris, the Flatbush Gardener had gotten her all worked up, and rightly so. As I read it, I could feel my blood pressure rising. This rant, by someone who is [...]
Deer Fencing and Other Spring Happenings
Posted in Bees, Block Island, California, Flowers, Garden, Hive, Vegetables, tagged Beekeeping, Bees, Block Island, Blossoms, California, Deer, Deer Fence, Flowers, Fullerton Arboretum, Garden, Gardening, Herbs, Honeybee, Langstroth Beehive, Native Plants, Orange County, Organic, Plants, Queen Bee, Seedlings, Spring, Vegetable Garden, Vegetables on May 26, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Mary Beth: Memorial Day weekend on Block Island was a busy one and if it hadn’t started to rain I’d still be out there. The reason I was so busy was that this is the year Ray and I decided to come up with a real solution to the deer problem — well, I decided [...]
Pollen Detectives
Posted in Bees, Flowers, Garden, Hive, tagged Backyard Beekeepers, Beekeepers, Beekeeping, Bees, Blossoms, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Honeybee, Pollen on April 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
B: We love it when our little bees come home loaded with pollen. They spend all day buzzing about stuffing pollen into pouches on the tibia of their hind legs which are called corbicula, or pollen baskets. Pollen baskets! It makes me giggle every time I hear it. I think of cartoon bees with tiny [...]
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