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What Hatidze Knows
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
Posted in Bee-line, Environment
Tagged bee hive, beekeeper, Bekirlija, Hatidze Muratova, North Macedonia, Oscars
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Where the Bee Stings
Bee stings … an occupational hazard for beekeepers. The price paid for hosting hives and stealing their honey. I score about three hits per season, and they are generally deserved from carelessly zipping my beesuit. But honey bee stings don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Bee-line
Tagged Africanized (killer) bees, bee hive, bee sting, bee venom allergy, beekeeping, Justin Schmidt, melittin, Schmidt Sting Pain Index, Sylvia Plath, tarantula hawk
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Bee-line from Virginia
Question: When is a beehive hairy? Answer: When it grows a beard. A poor joke but it helps to kick-start a post about heating and air-conditioning. For most of the year, worker bees struggle to maintain the brood chamber in … Continue reading
Bee Swarm or Split
Beekeeping is like farming. All livestock—whether large animals with four feet or tiny ones with six—need food, water, shelter, and sometimes medication. Like an old farmer checking his herd in a meadow, I watch our ‘girls’ flying back and forth between … Continue reading
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Tagged bee hive, bee swarm, colony collapse disorder
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 