Category Archives: Humour

Dead bee, in the middle of the ‘shield…

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Ron Miksha

A few days ago, I had a road trip that took me two hours from my home in Calgary. Flying low at 130 kph, I expected to whack a lot of bees on the forehead of my van, but I … Continue reading →

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Bees Do Do-Do

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Ron Miksha

Diapers for bees?  Some folks stopped me when I was leaving an apiary that I once had in a Florida orange grove. They didn’t own the grove, but their house was within fifty yards. They told me that my bees … Continue reading →

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Bad Beekeeping Competition

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Ron Miksha

I came across a blog posting titled “Bad beekeeping” over at ScienceBlogs.com. I was concerned that someone had picked up on my nomen – not that I have universal rights on the bad beekeeping phrase. But I wrote the book … Continue reading →

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Don’t Step on a Bee Day

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Ron Miksha

Today is Don’t Step on a Bee Day.  See if you can keep it up all week!

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Cotton Picking Time on the Prairie

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Ron Miksha

I’m posting this a bit late. It’s about something that happened two weeks ago. My 9-year-old daughter and I were in a neighbourhood park and we noticed lots of fluffy white stuff floating through the air. Lots and lots. It … Continue reading →

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A Kardashian and her Honey

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Ron Miksha

This caught my eye today. I know it’s junk news, and with honey bees everywhere going extinct and dying or maybe just disappearing and hiding and not  dying, or whatever, it’s refreshing to know that Kourtney Kardashian uses honey. To … Continue reading →

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The Queen, or Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Ron Miksha

Queen Elizabeth commands tens of thousands and lays up to 2,000 eggs a day? That might be an editing error. Dan Graur, a biologist in Houston, discovered that Reuters News Service once required that all stories about “the queen” should … Continue reading →

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Buzz the Bee is on Vacation

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Ron Miksha

General Mills is sending Buzz the Bee, their cheerful Honey Nut Cheerios spokesbug, on vacation. Or into hiding. In a campaign bound to raise awareness for the world’s suffering bees, and maybe to inadvertently sell more Cheerios, packages of the … Continue reading →

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Dr Seuss’ B-Day

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Ron Miksha

Today is Dr Seuss Day, according to my 9-year old, who was once a big fan of fables like Oh The Places You’ll Go. She has (temporarily) outgrown the good doctor, but like many of us may rediscover him in … Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day Again

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Ron Miksha

When I was a kid growing up in western Pennsylvania, Groundhog Day was a big deal. It didn’t hurt that it was also our elementary school principal’s birthday. We didn’t get the whole day off (unless Feb 2 was on … Continue reading →

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