I’m not sure what’s wrong with me lately. I delete a lot of words. Yesterday I wrote an entire blog post, then I posted it, then I went back and deleted it. You probably thought I didn’t write anything. But I did. I thought it was boring. I didn’t enjoy re-reading it to myself. I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bees’
Delete Delete Delete
Posted in writing, tagged bees, boredom, Facebook, humor, sting, wit, writing on October 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Updates 10/8/09
Posted in list, tagged bees, blueberry pie, dementia, Farm, honey, stroke on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Updates:
Karen called to say our stone was being delivered to her studio yesterday. I’ll get over there very soon.
Did I tell you that my friend Alex (with dementia) was moved to his hometown of Washington, PA to be nearer his brother and his brother’s family? Yes, Alex is no longer brightening our town or punctuating [...]
Quirky Is Important
Posted in Blog, tagged Apple, badges, bees, iPhone, photographs, Scooter on August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What you don’t know is that I’ve been having a helluva time uploading some pictures to this blog. Apparently there’s a little glitchipoo in communication between Apple (this laptop), the iPhone (my camera), and WordPress (this blog software). But our hero (and nephew) Jerod stopped by for dinner yesterday, and after dinner he FIXED IT! [...]
You Want To Know About The Bees…
Posted in bees, tagged bees, honey, honey flow, mason jars, Two Honeys on August 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Those bees out there aren’t doing squat. Everyone who knows anything about this stuff warned me not to expect honey from any new colony in its first year, but I didn’t believe them. Now, I do.
Apparently there is both a spring and a fall “honey flow,” and our bees made a load of honey [...]
To Do: 7/15/09
Posted in To Do, tagged bees, bike, blackberries, Findlay Market, Greenacres, honey, MoBo on July 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
To Do:
Write the old boyfriend (he’s now written two veeeerrrrryyyy looooonnnnnggg emails, and when I didn’t answer the last one, he re-sent it with a note “did you get this?”). I cannot think of a thing to say to him.
Hook up with the bee people at Greenacres (they’re harvesting their spring honey this week, and [...]
Don’t Underestimate the Amazons
Posted in bees, tagged Amazons, bees, honey on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, I sent an S.O.S. call to Chris last night, and if the weather’s good later today, he’s coming over to check out our bees. He sort of insinuated that we may not get ANY honey from either hive this season…you know because I’ve told you— it takes a season for the bees to build [...]
I Got My First Sting on Sunday! No Big Deal.
Posted in bees, tagged bearding, bees, brood boxes, honey, June, porch, supers, swarm hive on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Something’s going on with the bees, and I can’t quite figure out if it’s normal behavior or not. And Chris, my bee buddy, has been out of town a lot lately, so I’m on my own. Well, I read a lot, so I have the world at my disposal, but sometimes you just want to [...]
I Have a Good Nose
Posted in Body, tagged bees, Castle Hills elementary school, pheromones, smell on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve begun to visit the girls (that’s what we’re now calling the bees…you know the ones doing all the work in there are female, right?) without wearing those cumbersome gloves. So far, no stings. So far, too, no little bees crawling all over my hands. It’s amazing how much you can handle the stuff in [...]
Who Has Time to Let the Sugar Water Cool Every Single Morning?
Posted in bees, tagged beekeeper, bees, rain, sugar water on June 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Okay. I don’t love to admit my mistakes publicly, but I’ll do it. As you know from some of my previous posts, it’s been raining and raining and raining and raining and raining. And the bees can’t get out to forage in the rain. And they’re trying like mad to reproduce and raise workers and [...]
Coming Up: Two Honeys Logo
Posted in bees, tagged Alex Lockwood, bees, graphic design, logos, Two Honeys, web design on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Have I told you about the Two Honeys logo yet? No? Well, it’s a knockout.
Two weeks ago, Jerod (Deb’s nephew…well, he’s my nephew, too, isn’t he?) and his girlfriend came to dinner, and Jerod learned we were keeping bees. Strangely enough, he’s been researching beekeepers and our local beekeeping society lately. He’s really into it. [...]
