Editor’s Note: Today’s post on how to wrap a bee hive is written by Jim Withers, a six-year beekeeper who keeps 140 colonies in and around Genesee County, Michigan. When I began blogging in January 2010, I averaged five readers per day but soon dropped to one per day in February. Still, I kept at […] Read more
If you recall, Maggie S was a student at the University of Puget Sound who spent a semester abroad with beekeepers in Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and China. Since her return from China, she has been busier than ever. Just recently she relocated to Chiapas, Mexico, where she will spend the next nine months on […] Read more
Editor’s Note: On Friday evening just before twilight, on the eve of National Honey Bee Day, I received a surprise visit from one of the queen’s court. She begged I pay attention and take notes. When satisfied I was rapt, she danced the following manifesto. According to her wishes, I typed the transcript into American […] Read more
The Olympia beekeeper who submitted the photos of splitting a Langstroth with a Taranov board, Dave Hurd, sent in some details based on reader questions. He did a nice job explaining his method, so I’m presenting it as today’s post. Once again thanks, Dave, for all your input and your great photos. Rusty HoneyBeeSuite I […] Read more
Maggie continues her story of beekeeping in China . . . April 2, 2012 It is 1 pm and sunny, time again to feed some bees. Yang Qiong, Angel, and I gather our supplies, and Li picks us up in her big, brown truck. I push both jugs of sugar water into the truck and […] Read more
If you recall from earlier posts, Maggie is a student at the University of Puget Sound who spent a semester abroad learning about beekeeping in various parts of the world. Back in August, Maggie introduced us to the Bee Project of Shangri-La. In today’s post, she picks up her story from the cluttered and cold […] Read more
After two weeks in Thailand, I travelled to Xiānggélǐlā (Shangri-la), a city in the Yunnan province near the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. The settlement itself is ancient, but “Shangri-la” was born in 2001. Originally called Zhongdian, Shangri-la took on its new title in order to encourage tourism in the area. Several neighboring counties also […] Read more