Hive-mind Beekeeping

My friend Marcus just sent this “Beekeepers for Obama” badge to me. I don’t know where it came from (here, maybe?) and it just tickled me too much not to share. It’s not unreasonable, either: …

As always, some good advice showed up in the comments to Harvest post. Andrey suggests using 9 frames not only in the honey supers, but also in the brood chambers. Interestingly, he says “let bees …

In all my years, I have never dealt with a feister, more ornery bunch of bees than I wrangled with this Saturday. It wasn’t just the stinging, which there was a lot of (the suit …

As our little bit to help in the wake of Hurricane Ike, I posted a question on Sunday from Gabriela, a beekeeper hit by Ike. There’s been an educational conversation going on in the comments, …

Just received this from Gabriela. I thought maybe someone reading this might be able to offer some advice? We keep bees and have 2 hives at our house. We strapped these down for Hurricane Ike. …

You may rememeber that I’m in the process of building a green wall cum sundial (or sundial cum green wall) next to my hives. I’ll be giving a short talk tonight at the Gnomedex 8.0 …

Checked out the hives last week. I had expected that with the cool weather, the hives would be as stunted as my tomato plants, but was pleasantly surprised to find both hives had filled both …

I swear, you can’t make things like this up. Last year, Nerve.com published a Sex advice from a beekeeper article, featuring advice from yours truly, among others. Now, here’s what I found in my inbox …

My neighbor Lesli popped over yesterday to drop off some empty jars. She’d been asking for a tour for some time, so I took advantage of the excuse to take a break and tend to …