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- Jul 31, 2015
- 1 min
Oilseed Rape Flourishes Without Neonics
The NFU has been badgering the government to change the rules on neonics. Their argument is that crop yields will suffer without them. ...
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- Jul 24, 2015
- 4 min
The Sunhive goes to Prison
Eighteen bundles of biodynamic rye straw – cleaned…{tick} Six stands, starters, frames, spray bottles, scalas…{tick} Six fids and...
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- Jul 22, 2015
- 1 min
Ode to an Odious Practice
This still is from a video on removing the wings of queen bees, a practice euphemistically termed ‘queen clipping’. Here is a response:...
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- Jun 2, 2015
- 2 min
Lest the Darkness Obscure the Light
Life’s but a walking shadow… It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. Shakespeare, Macbeth The vast...
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- Apr 9, 2015
- 2 min
The Yellow Bringer of Death
The air is warm on this pleasant evening in early spring, the warmest day of the year so far. On the far distant horizon is the hill...
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- Mar 19, 2015
- 9 min
Hives for Bees: Seeking balance
Choosing a hive can be very confusing for beginners. The many different hives available are presented according to their usefulness to...
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- Mar 10, 2015
- 4 min
Beekeeping Backwards: In thanks to Charles Martin Simon
The more I studied beekeeping, the less I knew, until, finally, I knew nothing. But, even though I knew nothing, I still had plenty to...
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- Mar 7, 2015
- 6 min
The Call of The Bees
When we hear the call of the bees maybe our hearts will be refreshed and we will find new mornings. In the sweetness of friendship let...
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- Feb 26, 2015
- 13 min
The Deeper Message of the Flow Hive
Living with bees is not about hardware, hives and management techniques any more – it is ultimately about the survival of life on earth....
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- Feb 16, 2015
- 6 min
The Culmination of Callousness?
Callous: insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic In 1609, Charles Butler, in The Feminine Monarchy, wrote: ‘Of all insects, the bees are...
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- Feb 9, 2015
- 3 min
Unbounded
In giving recognition and love to the bee, we are doing no more than honouring our own beholdeness to this wonderful creature. What is a...
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- Feb 6, 2015
- 5 min
Flowers for Bees. Growing for Bees. Thank you, World
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of Nature Rachel Carson Are my bees warm enough? This anxious question is...
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- Jan 31, 2015
- 5 min
Lessons From the Honeybee
The story starts in a small village in rural England, built from the local warm-coloured stone. As is still common in such villages,...
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- Jan 14, 2015
- 2 min
A New Dance, A New Day
At the still point of the turning world …. there the dance is … and there is only the dance. From Burnt Norton, by TS Eliot The queen’s...
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- Dec 17, 2014
- 5 min
Bee Mindfulness
“A Bee Hive is one of the most successful ways in which the purpose of life has ever been organised.“ Vernon Klinkenborg Winter has...
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- Aug 11, 2014
- 3 min
Layers of Perception
One of our trustees, Margie, recently penned the following description of her experiences in her garden early one August morning. Early...
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- Jul 24, 2014
- 2 min
Art in Action – Growing for Bees
We promised to be in touch a little more frequently. And here’s what Rachel Hanney, sunhive maker extraordinaire, supported by Peter...
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- Jul 16, 2014
- 5 min
If Bees could speak ….
….. in a language we understand, we would live in a different world. More colourful, flowerful, more sane. We would be much helped in our...
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- Apr 21, 2014
- 4 min
Probity and Politeness
Probity: The quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency Politeness: Having or showing behaviour that is respectful...
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- Apr 10, 2014
- 2 min
The Wonder of Bees
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you. Oscar Wilde The Wonder of Bees, is a TV series...
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