Category Archives: Culture, or lack thereof
Bee Art Exhibit
Beginning Saturday, August 11, four Vancouver Island artists will exhibit Bee Art at the Leighton Art Centre just south of Calgary. I don’t know if I’ll make it out there for the opening reception (Saturday, 2-4pm) but the exhibit continues … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Outreach
Tagged bee art, Calgary, Leighton Art Centre
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Bears and Bees: Not the story you’re expecting
I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. A few weeks ago, a family of pandas moved to our city. They are staying at the zoo. If you live anywhere within a thousand kilometres, drop by and meet the bears. If they … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Outreach, Pollination, Save the Bees
Tagged Calgary, Calgary Zoo, native bees, panda
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Lighten up – it’s mid-week
It’s Wednesday. We’re halfway through a July work week. For those of you putting in hours while the rest of the world is at the cabin, this is for you. I blundered across a cigarette commercial (please don’t smoke) from … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Honey, Humour, Outreach, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged advertising, Honey Nut Cheerios, honey products
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Don’t Step on a Bee Day
There’s a day for everything. Today is Don’t Step on a Bee Day. See if you can keep it up all week!
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Humour, Save the Bees
Tagged Benny the Bee, Don't Step on a Bee Day
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Fish Cooked in Beeswax
Why not? I’d love this!
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Hive Products, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged beeswax, fish
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National Pollinator Week
National Pollinator Week has arrived: June 18-24! Today, I’m re-running part of a blog I posted last week. It had some ideas on what you might do to celebrate Pollinator Week. Pollinator Partnership tells us, “National Pollinator Week is a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Outreach, Pollination
Tagged National Pollination Week, pollinators
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My Annual ALS Post
I have a type of motor neuron disease, similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which most people call ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease because that’s easier to say. Every year I do a post about the disease in order to thank, … Continue reading
Posted in Apitherapy, Culture, or lack thereof, Friends, Outreach
Tagged ALS, bee stings, Betty's Run, Calgary, Pure Sweet Honey Farm
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Celebrating Pollination Week
National Pollinator Week is coming, June 18-24. You have less than two weeks to get your affairs in order. I’m not always sure what a person is supposed to do when National (fill-in-the-blank) Day/Week/Month is celebrated. Well, it’s pretty obvious … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Ecology, Outreach, Save the Bees
Tagged National Pollination Week, pollinators
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Palates of Bees?
At the risk of irredeemably exposing my intractable pedantic nature, I have to take five minutes to admonish a gaggle of news reporters for their flawed word choice. I just read a news item, published by the American network ABC, which … Continue reading
Bees (of a sort) on Postage Stamps!
Canada has something called ‘permanent’ stamps. We call them “P” stamps. The first ones, issued ten years ago, had a small letter P on them, next the the Queen of England’s face. P stamps have become B stamps, at least … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Outreach, Save the Bees
Tagged bumblebees, endangered species, postage stamps
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