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permaculture adventure :: fauna: Bees Suffering the Beekeeper

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Permaculture adventure : fauna. A chronicle of the transformation of a small lot into food heaven. Wednesday, October 7, 2009. Bees Suffering the Beekeeper. My bees have by all signs had a pretty good first season. They've clearly multiplied (greatly! This will be interesting because the bees have hung comb from the old temp roofs. I'll be gently separating the comb from the roof, pulling the plywood, and replacing it with the cool new versions. I'm expecting a lot of buzzing and protestation, bu...

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permaculture adventure :: fauna: The Entrance of the Bees Into Valhalla

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Permaculture adventure : fauna. A chronicle of the transformation of a small lot into food heaven. Monday, April 20, 2009. The Entrance of the Bees Into Valhalla. We picked up the bee packages last weekend and put them into their new homes after a marathon session finishing up the hive construction. It all went pretty well (only one sting.for good measure) and there seems to be excellent hive activity so far. I'll be adding a hive box to each this evening and removing the temporary food can as well.

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permaculture adventure :: fauna: And now they're gone...

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Permaculture adventure : fauna. A chronicle of the transformation of a small lot into food heaven. Monday, March 7, 2011. And now they're gone. Sadly, my two hives fell victim this winter to some unknown malady, which I suppose means colony collapse or 'CCD' as it's known nowadays. These apiary Roanokes have puzzled scientists, but they don't much puzzle me. I say that without the least bit of arrogance or pride, but with more than a little sadness and frustration. The barrage of bad behaviors we've infl...

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permaculture adventure :: fauna: March 2011

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Permaculture adventure : fauna. A chronicle of the transformation of a small lot into food heaven. Monday, March 7, 2011. And now they're gone. Sadly, my two hives fell victim this winter to some unknown malady, which I suppose means colony collapse or 'CCD' as it's known nowadays. These apiary Roanokes have puzzled scientists, but they don't much puzzle me. I say that without the least bit of arrogance or pride, but with more than a little sadness and frustration. The barrage of bad behaviors we've infl...

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permaculture adventure :: fauna: June 2010

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Permaculture adventure : fauna. A chronicle of the transformation of a small lot into food heaven. Monday, June 7, 2010. At the beginning of this growing adventure, I was skeptical that I'd be able to do much to broaden the animal community calling my garden home. But this spring has shown me a surprising variety of visitors and new residents. Frogs this season were present, but seemed more subdued than in previous years. I don't know why. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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permaculture adventure :: fauna: March 2009

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Permaculture adventure : fauna. A chronicle of the transformation of a small lot into food heaven. Monday, March 2, 2009. A better way for bees? The date for the entrance of the bees into Valhalla is slated for April 11th. So, I've been exploring and getting reaquainted with the old art of beekeeping lately. To my good fortune, a friend of a friend of mine happens to be actively interested in a new (old) way of keeping bees called the Warre method. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A better way for bees?

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permaculture adventure :: fauna: October 2009

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Permaculture adventure : fauna. A chronicle of the transformation of a small lot into food heaven. Monday, October 19, 2009. Few experiences I've had equal that of pulling new honeycomb from a perfectly calm beehive, feeling the amazing weight of slabs of honey and seeing them emerge into the light for the first time ever. The bees were remarkably calm and seemed not at all to bother about my presence nor even about my hands (gloved! In their hive carefully removing comb. I cut the comb from the box ...

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permaculture adventure :: fauna: A better way for bees?

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Permaculture adventure : fauna. A chronicle of the transformation of a small lot into food heaven. Monday, March 2, 2009. A better way for bees? The date for the entrance of the bees into Valhalla is slated for April 11th. So, I've been exploring and getting reaquainted with the old art of beekeeping lately. To my good fortune, a friend of a friend of mine happens to be actively interested in a new (old) way of keeping bees called the Warre method. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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permaculture adventure :: fauna: April 2009

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Permaculture adventure : fauna. A chronicle of the transformation of a small lot into food heaven. Monday, April 20, 2009. The Entrance of the Bees Into Valhalla. We picked up the bee packages last weekend and put them into their new homes after a marathon session finishing up the hive construction. It all went pretty well (only one sting.for good measure) and there seems to be excellent hive activity so far. I'll be adding a hive box to each this evening and removing the temporary food can as well.