One of the funniest things about being a blogger, I think, is how often I get approached by all kinds of people, organizations and businesses asking me to do a variety of things for them, most of the time for free. Some want to write guest posts, others want me to share some infographic they’ve created. Some ask for book reviews, others…
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Alright, at this point I’m sure you’ve put a lot of time and effort into assessing if beekeeping is right for you in addition to thinking about where you’re bees will live and how you will approach taking care of them. If you haven’t done so already, please check out my 3 Things to Think About Before You Get Started…
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Once you’ve checked your allergies, checked your codes and checked your motives, the next step in your beekeeping journey is to start making some serious plans to set yourself and your bees up for the greatest success possible. Before we get into the details about your bees hive and home, I’d like to encourage you to research beekeeping groups…
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The plight of the pollinators on our planet was a resounding theme at the 2014 NM Organic Farming Conference I attended over Valentine’s weekend. Every single workshop I attended mentioned something about pollinators, how integral they are to our survival on this planet and how we can help them and turn things around. I have written about honey bees several…
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We all know by now that bees are key to our survival on this planet. Their benefits to us far outweigh ours to them and it seems as though lots of people are thinking about and talking about beekeeping in the sense of “getting a few bees” for their backyards in an effort to “help” them through the madness we’ve…
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The fall of 2013 brought about a couple of really big hiccups in my world and it is time for me to re-set my attention on my intentions. That said, I intend to get myself organized around my daily tasks and to-do lists. I intend to spend less time on social media and more time on the farm, in this…