Bees & Pollinators

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After the Rain – Garden Visitors

After the Rain – Garden Visitors

Last night, after a full day of cloudy skies and wonderful, soft rains, I took the opportunity to walk through the garden.  It was a little chilly and quite moist and so very nice to see everything looking happy and refreshed!While admiring all of our echinacea blossoms, I was a little surprised to find a visitor on one of the…
July 16, 2013
Sweet Golden Honey

Sweet Golden Honey

Bees amaze me.  Absolutely.When we checked on our bees in the spring, we were able to see that they had officially made it through the winter and were healthy.  They had the same queen that they came to us with (marked with a little dot on her back and still sporting her little clipped wing) and were busy bringing home…
August 22, 2012
Sweet Corn & Honey Bees

Sweet Corn & Honey Bees

While on my morning stroll through the garden a couple of days ago, I noticed that our small patch of sweet corn in the front yard was completely covered in bees.  I spent a long time admiring the beautiful dance the bees were doing among the flowers and leaves and found myself very inspired by (and grateful for) the simple/magical/beautiful/so-very-important…
July 10, 2012
Pull Something from the Flashes of Beauty

Pull Something from the Flashes of Beauty

"I’m reminded today that bees gather nectar from all the flowers they can find as far as they can fly, and create beauty and sustenance for their colony in the form of honey.They journey outward, pull something from the flashes of beauty they find, and bring it back home..."~Round Mountain Robby & Char are Round Mountain, a local Folk Band, whose "poetry" speaks to their talent…
March 27, 2012
Bee Relocation Prep

Bee Relocation Prep

Today we...Painted old pallets, wrapped weed cloth around them and stuffed soil into themCleared more rocks & leveled the ground where the bees will be moved toPut some stakes in the groundSecured two of the three pallets to their stakesCreated trellising above each pallet for more vertical grow space and to crate a barrier for the bees to fly overTrashed the back yard (sometimes…
March 18, 2012
Bee Relocation

Bee Relocation

After much debate, we've decided to move the bees.  Don't worry, we're not moving them to someone else's property.  Instead, we're moving them from our front yard into our backyard. Why?  Well, the main reason is because, as we learned last year, it turns out I am extremely allergic to bee stings.  I have purchased an EpiPen and haven't been…
March 15, 2012