Tag Archives: colony collapse disorder

How to Prevent Diseases in Your Beehive, Part 1

Posted on March 15, 2012 by mil a.

One section of the bee symposium I attended recently centered on keeping the bee hive as free of disease vectors as possible. I have been thinking about this subject lately (I wrote about bee diseases last week), and today I … Continue reading →

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A Positive Effect of Colony Collapse Disorder?

Posted on September 1, 2011 by mil a.

I was in a waiting room reading the magazine from Heifer International called the World Ark. I was very intrigued by a quote from Kim Flottum, beekeeper, author, editor of Bee Culture magazine. “Research support had really dwindled over the … Continue reading →

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Growing Your Own Grub Podcast Interviews Me About Bee Keeping

Posted on August 1, 2011 by mil a.

My new friend Steve over at Growing Your Own Grub and Born To Farm asked if he could interview me about a subject both he and I are passionate about, BEES. I must admit that I was a bit nervous, … Continue reading →

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10 Things YOU can do to help the Honeybees

Posted on May 26, 2011 by mil a.

From the HoneybeesToday.com website, an important message: “Bees are in trouble, and it is mostly because of us. We have destroyed much of their natural habitat, we have poisoned their food and in the case of honeybees, we have … Continue reading →

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Beekeeping Diseases Then and Now

Posted on May 22, 2011 by mil a.

Questions to ponder about bees in crisis… Recently I developed a fascination for monk-beekeepers and consequently decided to read Brother Adam’s well-known book Beekeeping at Buckfast Abbey. There was a lot of interesting information in this book, but one thing … Continue reading →

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Local SF Bay Area screening of The Queen of the Sun

Posted on April 30, 2011 by mil a.

I have been hearing the buzz locally and on the internet about the film The Queen of the Sun. From the reports I’ve heard, it is quite well made and informative. Lest you think “Oh no, not another depressing Colony … Continue reading →

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San Francisco Chronicle adds beehives to rooftop garden

Posted on April 26, 2011 by mil a.

From The S.F. Chronicle: The queen bee, being royalty, had her own suite inside the buzzing box of 5,000 honeybees that was delivered to The Chronicle’s rooftop garden. The trick was to swiftly replace the cork plugging her cage with … Continue reading →

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A Million-Strong Swarm to Save the Bees

Posted on April 19, 2011 by mil a.

From the avaaz.org website: Over a million people, including 200,000 in France, signed an explosive petition to ban pesticides that are mass-killing bees the world over — and, standing with a team of French beekeepers, delivered the petition to the … Continue reading →

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Documentary: The Last Beekeeper

Posted on April 8, 2011 by mil a.

From The Wow Report website: “Bees are vanishing. Examining the enormity of this loss, Jeremy Simmons’ documentary The Last Beekeeper follows the lives of three commercial beekeepers (from South Carolina, Montana, and Washington) over the course of a year as … Continue reading →

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Why Now is the Right Time to Start Beekeeping

Posted on April 4, 2011 by mil a.

I recently read that one of the big beekeeper suppliers said that their sales have over quadrupled. Interesting, that over ten years ago, it was mostly the gray hairs that were keeping bees. It seems that many younger people are … Continue reading →