Following my post below, here is another TED talk that sees the world from the point of view of bees and plants. Makes you think!
Archive for April, 2009
Another point of view
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beetwixt & Beetween on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Where have the bees gone?
Posted in Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thoughts of my missing hives (60% last winter, 16% this winter) took me here. Well worth a watch! I am a TED fanatic! If you have not seen their amazing set of free talks, they are well worth an hour or two to look around. Each talk lasts for about 20 minutes – so you [...]
The Lords of Wisdom
Posted in Bee Lore, Beetwixt & Beetween on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some beautiful stories from Scotland – a true source of Celtic lore. I love the idea that the bees know so much and are in harmony withe the wind and the rain! “In Ross, I was told by a man of the Gairloch, they speak . . . in a folk-tale I think he said, [...]
One Hive Lost
Posted in Bee Present, Beekeeping on April 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I looked at my six hives a few weeks ago, relieved that they had all made it through the winter. However, Patience was not laying. When I looked again a few days ago, Patience had vanished! This colony collapse thing is hard to understand. Still, we have five remaining – three of which should produce [...]
Tanging a Swarm of Bees
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on April 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I met an interesting lady on the aeroplane today who told me that her mother kept bees on the Island of Jersey. When the bees started to swarm, her mother used to tell all her children (she had eight!) to run into the garden with pots and pans and bash them as hard as they [...]
Ask the Wild Bee What the Druids Knew
Posted in Bee Lore, Beetwixt & Beetween on April 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There is an old English expression: “Ask the wild bee what the Druids knew” Intriguing. It gives a hint of mystery and pagan ritual – as well as a harking back, perhaps, to a time in early English history when we were much closer to the bees and they to us. Would very much like [...]
