Submitted by Tyson Hermes Our group has been busy sharing knowledge and tips of this wondrous craft, while developing deep rooted friendships and camaraderie, and introducing new beekeepers to local mentors. In fact it has now become Jim Orem’s opening of each meeting to get a show of hands of new beekeepers, ask where they…
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Of Bugs, Blooms & Vittles: Bunches of berries, blessings of bees
By Chandra L. Mattingly Is anything better than a ripe strawberry, warm from the sun? Ours started ripening in bunches just before Memorial Day weekend and already my fingers bear red stains. Yum! This is one of the fruits we wouldn't have were honeybees and other pollinating insects wiped out. We're still getting asparagus, too, and…
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Bugs, Blooms & Vittles: Springing toward summer
By Chandra L. Mattingly My woodland wildflowers are about done blooming but the domestic flowers are coming into their own. Pink blossoms dangle from the bleeding heart, the centaurea's bachelor-button-like flowers are a lovely deep blue, and buds are forming on the false indigo. Between weeding and planting the vegetable garden, I have to remind…
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Is it hot yet?
By Chandra L. Mattingly After weeks and weeks and weeks of snow, ice, and frigid temperatures, spring seems to finally have arrived. There is a flurry of activity in the beeyard as workers from my four hives buzz in and out, searching for, finding and carrying home nectar and pollen from early bloomers: willow and…
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