Category Archives: Culture, or lack thereof

Honey Massage

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Ron Miksha

Here’s a new twist on the old fashioned Honey Massage. This one actually uses old-fashioned honey. The sticky massage seems to be increasingly popular in Europe, judging by the YouTube videos from Romania, Czech Republic, and especially videos such as … Continue reading →

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Honey is Honey

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Ron Miksha

Here’s a honey of a lawsuit. Target Corp has been targeted in a legal action by a Ms. Cardona, apparently of somewhere in California, who discovered from her on-line research that the $3 bottle of honey she purchased at a … Continue reading →

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Jacques and the Bees

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Ron Miksha

Our friend Jacques died today. I hadn’t seen him in a few months – I had been recovering from back surgery gone seriously wrong and Jacques was in poor very health himself. So our repeated plans to meet up, to … Continue reading →

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John’s Locusts and Honey

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Ron Miksha

Yummy. The on-line feeder blog, The Daily Meal, has a provocative article this month: Beekeeping Out; Locust-Keeping In. The short article extols the virtues of chewy bugs as alternative food sources for desperate folks in Saharan Africa. It does not … Continue reading →

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Bee Stings and Bathtubs

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Ron Miksha

Well, the bees are getting a bad rap in Britain. Here’s a headline from a Herald Sun newspaper this month that shouts, “BEE stings kill as many people in the UK as terrorist attacks do”. We don’t doubt the veracity … Continue reading →

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May Swarming

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ron Miksha

A friend sent this to me: “Spring has sprung, But the bees are not swarming… Could this be due to global warming?” I like this little ditty – it works on so many levels. It’s May. Here in Calgary, finally, … Continue reading →

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Package Bee Express

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Ron Miksha

In my meagre effort to stay informed about bees, beekeeping, and beekeepers, I occasionally creep around the internet, stalking new ideas, and sometimes marveling at the bad beekeeping I find in cyberville. Here is an amazing statement from a hobby … Continue reading →

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