Category Archives: Honeybees

Why Bother?

  “Then the rush of harvest-time came. The oats were ripe, standing thick and tall and yellow. The wheat was golden, darker than the oats. The beans were ripe, and the pumpkins and carrots and turnips and potatoes were ready to gather. There was no rest of play for anyone now. They all worked from […]

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A Bee in Her Bonnet

“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called.” – A.A. Milne, […]

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Honey Harvest

It was a beautiful warm September day… our honey bees were out buzzing with delight, bouncing from goldenrod to the leftover flowers in the gardens alongside the house … it was time to harvest the honey! The main thing we have learned this year in bee keeping is to respect the bees. They are truly […]

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In Which We Adopt The Right Sort of Bees.

“That buzzing noise means something. Now, the only reason for making a buzzing noise that I know of is because you are… a bee! And the only reason for being a bee is to make honey. And the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it.” – Winnie the Pooh     […]

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