#Beekeeping

Today I found myself researching medieval & Renaissance beekeeping.If you need someone scary for a medieval story and you can't use the plague doctor because he's not medieval... why not
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1/ Drawn comb is gold. Especially for new beekeepers. Bees need to draw comb to develop brood and store food. If you want a big hive, you need drawn comb.
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Passerby: “Your honey is so expensive,.”Me: “You have no idea.” Passerby: “But I can buy the big jar at Costco.”Me: “Then you should, this probably isn’t for you. The
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That beekeeper heart honeycomb image. A thread. Firstly, I'm a folklorist to trade. Interested in traditions, customs, tales, songs. How things are passed on. In June 2020, an artist published
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An Interrupted DawnA fresh sadness has cast its cold shadow over me. It caught me by surprise but not because I’m unaccustomed to flickering light. I’m too old to be
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Beekeeping or apiculture has left a small but charming legacy in European agricultural architecture, from the early 12th century to roughly the mid 19th, when the modern Langstroth hives made
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A thread on rejection and burnout. Many people tweet about their highs and not the lows. I figured, after a small low yesterday these past few days, I'd post this
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Okay, let’s try this. Every day in August, I’m going to post a recommendation of a foreign language film directed by a woman. Think of it as a version of
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Bees: sociable, sophisticated & inspiring, these tiny animals contribute c. €22 billion each year to the #EU economy! But their populations have declined by over 75% in the last 30
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Yesteray, I looked through a bunch of news stories to find a few that would show *exactly* how weird #2020 was. The only caveat: they could not *only* be about
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