Tag Archives: Quebec

Nuns of honey

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Ron Miksha

I bumped into this photo a few days ago when I was writing an article for Deutches Bienen Journal, Germany’s beekeeping magazine. I was trying to picture sisters at a convent in Quebec, tending their hives in the 1920s. This … Continue reading →

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Maple Syrup is Dark

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Ron Miksha

It’s February. Maple syrup time in Quebec. The saps are flowing! I live in western Canada (no maple syrup trees here on the windy prairies) so I don’t think a lot about the sugar tapping going on at the moment … Continue reading →

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Bee Rustlers on the Rise

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Ron Miksha

In the old days, cowboys occasionally stole cows. Horse thieves were sometimes hanged. Not always, though. Back in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, a cattle town that I lived in for ten years, there was a fellow named Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault … Continue reading →

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Your Dead Bees are in the Mail

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Ron Miksha

  Well, this is pretty sad. Canada Post killed some bees. Queen bees are in short supply in Canada. Because of our late springs and short seasons, most queen bees are imported from warmer climates – Hawaii, New Zealand, and … Continue reading →

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