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...
What’s in Your Basket?

What’s in Your Basket?

Have you put all your eggs in one basket? I have. I’m thinking ahead to Easter and eggs and bunnies and flowers and, of course, bees. It’s Spring. Yellows, pinks, lavenders, blues and greens are crowding out the grays of winter and brightening our...
Ouch! — Revisited

Ouch! — Revisited

  We had to go back. The job wasn’t done. In spite of our painful experience with our “unfriendly hive,” we had yet to look inside the hive to see whether or not the queen was laying eggs. Neither Suki nor I was looking forward to coming face to...
Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

I’m snuggled under a blanket with my feet before the fire as I watch the snow falling. I’m settled in and warm and I’m not going out today. But I thought it’s an appropriate time to share an excerpt from my book, Life Lessons from the Hive, to...