Learning from the Bees: Reflections
It’s a drizzly day in Southwest Washington, with much needed blessing of tender rain. My luggage is unpacked (including the start of a rye skep that customs let me keep!),…
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October 27, 2020
Taking a Reporting Break: Holland Sunday
So much wonder, so little time to report it. Folks, I gave myself the gift of focusing on the conference today and last night. I'll be coming home on Monday,…
October 26, 2020
Holland on Friday—A Whirlwind Tour
Good morning! I chose these two eggs this morning, to offer a model to my eyeballs on how they ought to look. Mine are at half-mast, and not nearly so…
October 25, 2020
Holland Thursday Adventures: Haarlem, Scrubby Pads, and a Pipe!
You are probably all pleased to know that this will be a shorter post today. I don't have to cram two days worth of information in, as yesterday, and it…
October 24, 2020
Holland: Tuesday and Wednesday Adventures
TUESDAY... Bear with me beeloveds: I worked until midnight again on a lovely post, hit the "publish" button, and it all went out into the cosmos, never to be seen…
October 23, 2020
Holland–Our First Day
Oh, goodness, where to begin, and how to share it all with you! Well, how about I let some pictures paint the image of our day? If there is a…
October 22, 2020
Learning from the Bees–Holland
Well, after a full year of planning and anticipating, Jacqueline and I are now in Harlaam, Holland with our bee friend Ferry and his lovely wife, Anna! Yesterday was a…
October 21, 2020
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Winter Clustering is a Result of Poor Hive Insulation
We talk about this at bee club a great deal, and in all of our classes, too. It's nice that Bee Culture magazine is talking about it too, and that…
October 20, 2020
Drumming the Bees
The swarm began like any other swarm. Just a big, roaring, exaltation of bees, 20,000 strong and taking to the sky in a glittering amber cloud. I couldn’t possibly know…
October 19, 2020
SWARM SPIRIT
I had almost forgotten. But the second the sound reached my ears, memories flooded in: The sound and the controlled frenzy of thousands of bee bodies in the air, the…
October 18, 2020