Category Archives: Strange, Odd Stuff
Sometimes They Get Caught (then gently tapped on their knuckles)
This is a piece about someone in the USA who was caught selling tainted honey. This was not his first brush with the law. The same gentleman, Douglas Murphy, was an executive at American Rice, Inc. when the feds found … Continue reading
Posted in Honey, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged adulteration, honey laundering, Honey Solutions, lawsuits
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Why do bumblebees follow ferries?
Originally posted on Prof. Jeff Ollerton – ecological scientist and author:
A few years ago I mentioned in my post “Garlicky archipelago” that I had seen bumblebees (Bombus spp.) following the ferry from Southampton to the Isle of Wight, a…
Posted in Ecology, Reblogs, Strange, Odd Stuff
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Brood in Front of the Hive?!?
I’m continuing with the series of questions which I overheard at a bee meeting a few days ago. Today, it’s dead brood. Here are those questions: My honey isn’t capped. What should I do with it? (I heard that one … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Biology, Bee Yards, Beekeeping, Diseases and Pests, Pesticides, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged American Foulbrood, chalkbrood, dead bees, skunks, wintering
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Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Improves its Image
It’s about time. Tisdale, Saskatchewan has finally reformed its town sign and slogan. No longer will it be the Land of Rape & Honey. I thought that they’d go with the Land of Canola & Honey. But Opportunity knocked. The … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged canola, Rape and Honey, Saskatchewan, Tisdale
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A Bee with Racing Stripes?
My friend Stephen was helping a new beekeeper when they spotted these spotted honey bees. It almost looks like someone was doing a science experiment using marked bees. It’s probably sticky pollen that got glued to the bees’ blind spots … Continue reading
Honey for a year-old’s Birthday?
Please folks, don’t feed honey to babies. Just like spinach and sandbox bugs, honey may (rarely) contain botulism spores. Today I heard about a huge celebrity bash in Washington, D.C., for a one-year-old’s birthday. It bugged me that the birthday … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, or lack thereof, Honey, Humour, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged botulism, honey, National Zoo, panda
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Zombees in Canada
I wish I had good news. Canada’s first confirmed case of zombees has appeared – on Vancouver Island, out in the Pacific. Hundreds of kilometres from my home in Calgary. Zombie zombees, like the human kind, are undeads who are … Continue reading
Posted in Bee Biology, Diseases and Pests, Ecology, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged Apocephalus borealis, bee parasites, Vancouver Island, ZomBees
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Another Reason to Avoid Walmart?
Sounds like a drug deal gone wrong. They met at a Walmart parking lot to do their business, the public panicked and three bystanders ended up at hospital. It turned out to be a sting operation. The deal was a … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Stings, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged accidents, bee stings, Oklahoma, Walmart
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Dead bee, in the middle of the ‘shield…
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
Posted in Bee Yards, Beekeeping, Culture, or lack thereof, Humour, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged Alberta, dead bees, dead skunk, windshield bees
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Bees Do Do-Do
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
Posted in Bee Yards, Beekeeping, Commercial Beekeeping, Humour, Strange, Odd Stuff
Tagged bee crap, Massachusetts
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Bad Beekeeping Blog 