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Sometimes just reading or hearing about someone else s good vibrations will re tune our own. “It was a Seven Eagle Day!” Omens of the air reminded me today of my reasons for living here, reasons I sometimes forget. My … Continue reading
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Few gardens or lives are linear. In my own Medicine Wheel Garden, based upon the astrological wheel, I came to realize that sometimes – strange patterns emerge when we just take the time to make note of them. In relationships … Continue reading
This will be the page leading to articles that are all over the place. Some will make you cry, laugh, and perhaps make you furious. That is my intent. On my Recipe site I have continued and even include recipe/food … Continue reading
The more you get into beekeeping the more you realize that you will need ever more equipment some of which you can make yourself. This blog will explain some of the basic things you might need or get into using and some … Continue reading
The plant world converses in a tonal wonderful array of greens, and sometimes not. All plant species evolved out of lichens and mosses, so I feel it appropriate to concentrate on the small and miniature. Are they props or do … Continue reading
An alternative look at some of the problems we beekeepers have. “The Practical Beekeeper, or Beekeeping Naturally has some observations that all should read. My issue is the continued use of Oxalic acid as a ‘safe’ way to treat Varroa … Continue reading
Is it a bad or poor queen? Ever fewer reliable producers of vetted and proven quality queens. Or is it winters that seem to be more fickle than normal. Warm and devious, followed by three foot February snowfalls that caught … Continue reading
May was a new beginning for me and an expensive replacement year for hives. Explanations below. I was struggling as ever to keep my hives free of treatment strips for Varroa and even the Oxalic ascid treatment option gets me … Continue reading
Before beginning with splits it is important to remember that you want good genetics and a queen that has been raised well. You do not want a queen-less nuc that is forced to make an emergency queen. 1. Never do … Continue reading
The caste system of Bees. Most people have the common lineup of Queen, Worker, and Drone – but misunderstand the full roster of needed roles. “I always smile inside when I see a dumb ass five-fingered monkey trying to play … Continue reading