Author Archives: Roger Gosden
World Bee Day Saturday
The services of bees have been valued for millennia. In the early Middle Ages, they provided honey for sweetening, mead and beer, wax for candles, sealants, and much more. The only benefits never mentioned then are pollination services, the prime … Continue reading
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Bees get Revenge
The top boxes in my hives felt heavy during an inspection, so it was time to harvest honey on Saturday. I only have two hives, more as a hobby than for honey that’s mostly used as gifts. Imported honey brings … Continue reading
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Tagged beekeeping, bees, honey, Honey harvest, honeybee, honeybees, nature
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Don’t Blame Pine Pollen for your Allergy
We know it’s April in Virginia when our car changes color under a coating of yellow pine pollen. The finger-writing on the car’s hood on the second day of pollen fall soon disappears under new layers, like the first footprints … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, gardening, Pollen grains, pollinators, Seasonal allergy
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Published February 2026
Why do we age—and why has rejuvenation always proved so elusive? This book expresses a clear-eyed, deeply informed exploration of the biology of aging and reproduction. Drawing on evolutionary biology, endocrinology, reproductive science, and medicine, it examines humanity’s perennial attempts … Continue reading
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Tagged Aging, fertility, Gerontology, Senescence, Sexual physiology
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Sing Blackbird Sing
Last month I posted about migrating flocks of grackles and blackbirds. Hundreds of them landed, turning the lawn from green to black as they hungrily searched for seeds between grass blades. When they flew away, a solitary blackbird still lay … Continue reading
Roger musing about Peace with Nature 