For farmers and homesteaders, it just makes sense to promote the myriad of native bees on your farm. By encouraging native…
Over the last decade my personal mission in life has slowly evolved into one that is two-fold. One the one…
At 2pm on Saturday, September 24th I will be in Unity at MOFGA's annual Common Ground Fair to give a…
I was invited to speak with the children participating in the Solon Summer-Rec program yesterday, so I pulled a couple…
By now it's fairly common knowledge that bees and pollinators are in trouble. The media has spread the word of Colony…
Until recently, native and feral bee populations met all of a farmers' pollination needs. Farms were smaller, and closer to…
Because I love bees and because the act of pollination fascinates me so--it saddens me to think that all too…
"What a hideous plant! Isn't it terrific!?" "Oh my gawd--check out this spider! Look at all those long legs!" These…
I love the assortment of people who are drawn to beekeeping. Young and old, eccentric and conservative, financially solvent--and bootstrappers…
At the August meeting of the Somerset Beekeepers, we hosted two of UMaine's academics who have been actively researching native…