100% Local Ohio | Your Cincinnati Bee Connection
Posted in honey on Apr 18th, 2010
Today I did a little work with the bees. They’re doing much more work than I am, let me tell you that. The new colonies (Tomboys and the Girls of Summer) are building comb like crazy. Because they were installed only a week ago, I had to leave them alone for a bit so they [...]
Posted in Education on Apr 6th, 2010
The Scott’s lawn service truck just pulled up to my across-the-street neighbor’s house, and now the guy is out spraying chemicals on the grass. Deb calls them the honey-bee eliminators. Friends—pesticides and herbicides are bad for bees; and they’re bad for your honey. Whatever goes in your yard goes in your honey goes in you. [...]
Posted in Education on Mar 27th, 2010
Sometimes I dread these things because I think I’ll get bored. But if I blog about this as I go, I might like it more. There’s honey everywhere. 9:11 am This guy, John Tew, PhD—from Ohio State University—said I should attend the Hive Management I and II sessions. He’s our Ohio bee guru, so, that’s [...]