Month: May 2021
Beekeeping
Farming
Food from the Farm
Waiting for a Swarm: What bees mean to me
I’m waiting for a swarm of bees. If it happens, it will be quick. A kind of inverse tornado calmly and efficiently funneling themselves down, by the thousand, and in to the hive entrance. Up to twenty thousand of them. And it is done. The colony has reproduced. Swarms begin when the workers in an […]
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Farming
Wildlife and Biodiversity
The birds and the bees: Hawthorn Hill Nature Diary 01
I have time, in recovery. From a minor surgery. Nothing major. Nothing threatening. Just. Enough. To slow. Me. Down.
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Beekeeping
Building Bee Hives and Mid Life Crises
This is how I begin with bees. I make hives. To catch wild swarms. And to feel like I am not old. I build top bar hives. They mirror the kind of tree trunks bees evolved to like. Thick walls. Dark. Secure. Dry. It feels good to work with my hands on this. Simple carpentry. […]
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