March 2008

I started beekeeping in 1996 and have been doing it on and off since then. For about a decade, I kept a blog of my adventures. Haven’t updated it in a while, but ya never know.

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Back on the (bee) horse

Just put in my order for two packages of Italian bees, due in April 16th . Prices are up, $104 + tax each for four …

March 28, 2008

Haagen Bee

Ed, a reader, sent me an interesting link to an NPR story about a donation by Haagen Daz (the ice cream maker) towards bee research. They say it’s motivated by the fact that 40% of …

March 17, 2008

Mighty Mite

In my last post, I wrote that I was planning to measure the mite level in my remaining surviving hive and would report back the results. The result is that there is no surviving hive. …

March 17, 2008