Bees in College?

Bees in College?

This Friday we had everything about bees in the classroom–everything, that is, except the bees! Because of my book, Life Lessons from the Hive, I was invited to Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin to give a lecture on bees and beekeeping. It’s...
It’s just too darn hot

It’s just too darn hot

  They call it the “lazy days of summer,” but the truth is it’s just too darn hot! In Tennessee things begin to slow down in August — I mean REALLY …. s-l-o-w …. d-o-w-n. While I love living in the south, July and August (and...
Pass It On

Pass It On

Suki and I spent last week in St Louis at the Heartland Apicultural Society Annual Conference (HAS). In other words, we buzzed around with fellow beekeepers learning about and, naturally, talking about bees. HAS hosted many excellent speakers as well as wonderful...
Do You Have Any Honey?

Do You Have Any Honey?

It’s the end of May and already folks are asking, “Do you have any honey?” “Sorry, not yet.” Working with bees is a lesson in patience. We can’t simply go out to the hive and turn on the honey faucet any time we feel like it. Plus,...
Tuning Up to Transplanted Bees

Tuning Up to Transplanted Bees

Bees arrived from Georgia this week. Our bee association coordinated a bulk order of honey harvesters for new and expanding beekeepers and those little buzzers made it to Tennessee in neatly stacked boxes in the back of a van. These bees hummed their tunes across...
7 Steps to Sanity in a Crazy World

7 Steps to Sanity in a Crazy World

“Take a brake!” (No, it’s not misspelled.) It’s a line from the Christmas movie, Polar Express. Remember? The Hobo Ghost riding the train taps the brake with his mug as he shouts to the Hero Boy, “Take a brake!” The Hero Boy and his friends are...