The holidays are upon us, and with tough economic times, books are still a great value gift. Here’s our list of bee books that we recommend for anyone interested in bees, but not yet ready to commit to keeping them. The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco Patricia Polacco writes and illustrates kid’s books that often veer towards the serious, but [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Swarming bees could have been saved
Some people view a swarm of bees settling on their property as a blessing. Last week a friend sent me link to a link to a very sad tale of a swarm of bees that settled on a barbecue in Australia (it’s spring there-swarming season). The barbecue owner, dubbed the barbecue beehive bomber, didn’t view the hive as a good [...]
Au natural wine: How a fellow blogger is making us wildly green with envy
Team Wine watched crush come and go this year, dipping in nary a toe (a far cry from last year). With the economy seemingly suffering from a stuck fermentation, we didn’t dare try to squeak hundreds of pounds of grapes into the company budget. So we’re contenting ourselves with bottling our wine (video coming soon—really!) and peeking at what other [...]
