Monthly Archives: October 2012
A couple of IMPORTANT blog links/ tweets!
http://lenashareef.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/girlwithabook two girls have had the idea of asking people to send in photos of themselves reading books in support of Malala Yousafzai the girl who was shot by the taliban because of her belief in the right to … Continue reading
Posted in Educational opportunities, General beekeeping, Honey, Produce, Uncategorized
Tagged buy books, Education, female, freedom, independence, Malala, protest
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It has been a while …Floriade, be a bee, geocaching all comes together
My visit to Floriade and subsequent excitement following the tagged bees has been documented before. My ‘friends’ Wilke and Marjon, and Naomi and Jenny and their trips to collect pollen or nectar occupied hours of my time. I am not … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis of live bee data from tagged bees, Bee curious, Bee life, Educational opportunities, Forage, Fun events, Garden area, General beekeeping, Hughenden Manor Project
Tagged adventure, Bees, container, family, garden, geocache, GPS, hive, log, magic, map, map coordinates, muggle, nectar, pollen, swarm, treasure
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Labelling the mini jars of honey and feral highrise colony
Tuesday is our regular inspection day at Hughenden Manor. As winter approaches, opening the hive is rare unless it is really warm but we do need to feed them so they can successfully overwinter. Our team came with an assortment … Continue reading
Cyclical behaviour
In the 1800’s there was a period when beekeeping was common for most households. It helped crop yields in kitchen gardens and the sweetness of the honey was welcome when sugar was expensive. In WW2, the same sort of logic … Continue reading
Posted in Bee life, Garden area, WW2
Tagged british society, burns, George Cruikshank, hive, honey, honey bee, rationing, sweetness
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Mitekeeping for everyone – good advice from Rusty
One of the blogs I follow is from a US beekeeper who speaks so much sense and wisdom – here is the trailer for a recent post from her: Last week I was in Costco paging through a beekeeping book … Continue reading
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