Tag Archives: famous beekeepers

The Metaphysical Beekeeper

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Ron Miksha

As I continue to plod along with my Master’s in bee ecology at the University of Calgary, I feel obligated to apologize for the infrequency of these bad beekeeping posts. Sorry. But I’m not going to apologize for occasionally repeating … Continue reading →

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Presidential Bees

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Ron Miksha

In the USA – and probably no place else on Earth – today is Presidents Day. When I was a kid, we called it Washington’s Birthday and got the day off from school, though Lincoln’s birthday seemed to be somehow … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Johann Dzierzon

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Ron Miksha

Originally posted on Beekeeping365:
Okay, as many of my beekeeping friends might remember, I started December vowing to answer to, and identify myself as, “Lorenzo” to reservation takers, waitresses, and others. I am pleased to report that this has worked…

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155th Anniversary of a Botany Professor

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Ron Miksha

Just a short post today, and though it’s about genetics and botany, bees (my usual blog subject) are mentioned only indirectly.  It’s the 155th anniversary of the birth of Carrie Derick – one of the world’s first geneticists. Derick was … Continue reading →

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A Metaphysical Life

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Ron Miksha

Today is the  anniversary of the birth of one of my beekeeper-heroes, Professor Richard Taylor. He was an early champion of the round comb honey system, a commercial beekeeper with just 300 hives, and he was a philosopher who wrote … Continue reading →

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Steve Vai, Beekeeper

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Ron Miksha

Steve Vai, guitar wizard extraordinaire, performs in Calgary tomorrow night at the Jack Singer Hall. I won’t be there. I respect his talent immensely and as an ex-guitar guy myself (albeit, three or four orders of magnitude below Mr Vai), … Continue reading →

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