Category Archives: Culture, or lack thereof
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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Ron on PolliNation!
I’m so excited to share a link to PolliNation, the fantastic podcast about . . . Pollination! This podcast episode features the show’s host in conversation with me! Dr Andony Melathopoulos, the bee scientist running The PolliNation Podcast, invited me … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Culture, or lack thereof, Friends, Outreach, Pollination
Tagged Andony Melathopoulos, podcast, Pollination
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World Bee Day: May 20, 2018
Time to party like it’s 1734 all over again! May 20th should be a big date on the beekeeper’s social calendar. It’s World Bee Day. Why did I mention 1734? That’s the year Anton Janša was born. He was baptized … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, History, Outreach, Save the Bees
Tagged Anton Jansa, honey bees, Slovenia, World Bee Day
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Mothers’ Day Honey
Today is Mother’s Day in North America (I think it was celebrated last week in Europe). My kids wanted to make something special for their mum. You see it in the picture above. It was pretty nice. We have two … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Hive Products, Honey
Tagged bee art, beeswax, burr comb
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Kicked out of a farmers market
It can be hard to sell honey. Farmers markets help. Customers looking for good local produce can buy directly from farmers and beekeepers. So farmers markets are a win-win for sellers and buyers. But what if you are a beekeeper … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Honey, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged farmers markets, marketing honey, Ontario
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The Fragile Earth Egg
I try to stay on topic. This is a bee blog. But it’s hard to think about bees when our weather is so crummy. It has been extremely cold! Winter is officially over, but only on the calendar. A few … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Humour, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged Alberta, Calgary, Easter, winter
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World Apitherapy Day: Bee Carefully!
Today is World Apitherapy Day. Apitherapy, which means using bee stuff for health, can include eating pollen, propolis, wax, royal jelly, bee larvae, and the like – or rubbing them on your face. But for many, apitherapy is bee sting … Continue reading
Posted in Apitherapy, Culture, or lack thereof, Outreach, People
Tagged anaphylactic shock, Apitherapy, Apitherapy Day, bee stings, Filip Terč, rheumatism
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Bad Beekeeping Blog 