Category Archives: Culture, or lack thereof

Movies

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Ron Miksha

Another movie about honey bee deaths? Why not? It appears the public isn’t tired of hearing about dead bees yet. The latest installment is “More than Honey” which was filmed on location inside a beehive studio somewhere in Switzerland. Last … Continue reading →

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80 Years in the Bees

Posted on June 7, 2013 by Ron Miksha

What would it be like to keep bees for 80 years? You could ask 92-year-old George Birks, who started back in the 1920s. The price of a loaf of bread was 9 cents; a pound of sugar was 7 cents; … Continue reading →

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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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