Category Archives: Bee-line

About bees and bee-keeping

The Boy Who Could Bee

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Roger Gosden

Why should anyone care about my debut novel for middle-grade schoolchildren? THE BOY WHO COULD BEE was inspired by poring over my beehives and written under a pen name. When I recalled my uncle in England visited the famous monk-beekeeper, … Continue reading →

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Queen Elizabeth and the bees

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Roger Gosden

While observing expressions of public affection and admiration for Queen Elizabeth II from afar, I began to muse about other queens. Queen bees in my hives. They shouldn’t be called monarchs by any stretch in the meaning of royalty. But … Continue reading →

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World Honeybee Day at a Meadery

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Roger Gosden

Plans for the morning were interrupted when I heard the Silver Hand Meadery in Williamsburg was filling glasses for all-comers this morning. And why? It’s World Honeybee Day on the third Saturday in August. The calendar event has gone international … Continue reading →

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What Hatidze Knows

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Roger Gosden

A woman in a desolate corner of North Macedonia claimed to be the last wild beekeeper in Europe made a splash at the Oscars. Her story told in Honeyland took three years to produce on a slim budget and was … Continue reading →

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Insectageddon means we are buggered

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Roger Gosden

It was one of those throw-away remarks that stick in the mind. I was at Middlebury College in June when somebody at dinner said, “Funny, I saw more deer on the journey here than insects splattered on my windshield.” He … Continue reading →

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