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Thursday January 19, 2012 - By Marcie
Zombie Bees? Sounds like an idea for next year's Halloween costume! So now, in addition to worrying about toxic flowers and pollen caused by systemic pesticides, we have another culprit to add to the mix.
Apparently, there is a parasitic fly, known as the...
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Wednesday January 18, 2012 - By Marcie
As we all know, our honeybees are having a terrible time, and while there are many factors to consider, the one that is most critical is the use of systemic pesticides. Systemic basically means that the active insect killing agent is within the plant...
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Friday January 13, 2012 - By Marcie
A local reporter came out here on Monday to learn about bees and honey. She's a freelance food writer for the New TImes, and also hosts her own blog, called the Jam Garden. She did a great job, and posted some video and great audio as well. And so, to find out...
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Wednesday November 09, 2011 - By Marcie
This just in from my alert son-in-law, who is about to become the father of twins. It's a reprint from "Lifehacker" about why local honey is important. I couldn't have said it better myself!! You'll see that they mention Local Harvest at the...
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Thursday November 03, 2011 - By Marcie
What's going on around here? Usually October signals the end of our rainy season, with a happy conclusion to Hurricane Season at the end of November. But the last couple of weeks have been marked by unseasonable rains. Here's why we care: When it rains, it...
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Friday September 16, 2011 - By Marcie
Checked the bees....took the covers off all thirteen hives simultaneously. Not just a basic look/see, but a major breaking down and removing supers of honey, then removing the queen excluders and going right down into the bottom deep supers and looking at the...
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Wednesday August 24, 2011 - By Marcie
Well, we're breathing a sigh of relief here in Florida, as Irene pushes farther out to sea. There's not much you can do with your beehives when a storm threatens. I've got 13 hives out in the backyard, and my beekeeping partner-in-crime, Steve, has 700...
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Tuesday August 23, 2011 - By Marcie
This just in from China.......Laundered honey, tainted and passing through India on its way to the US, is becoming a big problem, and one the FDA seems unable to adequately handle. Here's the link to a very informative article on the issue: ...
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Friday July 29, 2011 - By Marcie
About a month ago a lovely older gentlemen showed up at my front door to purchase some honey. It was for his son, who was unfortunately suffering a debilitating skin disorder located on his face. He called up again this week. They were almost out of...
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Wednesday July 27, 2011 - By Marcie
In the midst of thousands of unhappy bees swirling around my head the other day, my daughter called out, "Mom, the guy from AT&T is here. He wants to go out back and check our telephone pole." "Now's not a good time!" I replied. The...
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Monday July 11, 2011 - By Marcie
While trying to decide how to store this amazing yet fragile honeycomb, I had it hanging from the roll bar bar of my Jeep on a bungee cord. I kind of liked it there, so I wasn't in a big hurry to move it. Made me a little nervous the way that it would sway...
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Monday July 04, 2011 - By Mary
The wildflowers are at their peak display right now as the world begins to prepare for the winter ahead. You can preserve these colorful bits of summer by pressing them and preserving them in a botanical journal, homemade paper, potpourri, laminate...
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Friday June 24, 2011 - By Marcie
Did you know that in her entire lifetime, working day and night and never sleeping, an individual honeybee makes about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey?
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Thursday June 23, 2011 - By Marcie
It takes 55,000 miles of flying to produce ONE POUND of honey! Wish I could cash in on those frequent flyer miles!!
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Wednesday June 15, 2011 - By Marcie
The girls are settling in nicely! I love sitting and drinking my tea, looking at the far reaches of the backyard, filled with towering colonies of bees. The four hives that were already here are full... I need to schedule a day to go into those hives and...
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Tuesday June 14, 2011 - By Marcie
Early this morning I heard the familiar rumble of Steve's truck as it idled outside of my bedroom window while he unlocked the gate, getting ready for some bee-time. I scrambled into my clothes and hightailed it into the yard, sandals still unbuckled. I...
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Monday April 04, 2011 - By Marcie
We've got nine new beehives. When we go out the back door the aroma of ripening honey fills the air and smells so SWEET! I just love going back there and watching them in action. They are so active, buzzing all around and pollinating everything in sight... ...
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Tuesday February 15, 2011 - By TimB
My one New Year resolution is to post a blog entry at the least, monthly. And for 2011, our planned advertising has put into motion guarantees I will update our LocalHarvest profile weekly starting in March. All thanks to 50 year-old lessons learned...
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Thursday January 20, 2011 - By Marcie
We just harvested our first honeyflow for 2011. And a Happy New Year it is....60 lbs. of TROPICAL WILDFLOWER honey. It's delicious! All of our honey is RAW....comes out of the hive and into the honey jar....the only "processing" is to strain out the...
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