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City Bees Blogspot: January 2010
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Friday, January 15, 2010. The Uneasy Quiet of Winter. During mid-January here, you'd have to search a long time to find a smug beekeeper. There has been a good long freeze this year, more than a month since the last time temperatures reached flight-worthy levels (also known as bathroom break levels—more important, though less poetic). And January comes, and the truth will out. When I think about the vagarities of the choices I make, of the way that Nature spreads her ...
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City Bees Blogspot: Year 7 Begins
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Tuesday, February 14, 2012. When I first began beekeeping in 2005, there was almost nothing online and I was a lovable eccentric. Now you can find a Youtube category for any beekeeping activity about which you have a question, and this is just one of hundreds of accounts of beginning, ongoing, natural, scientific, urban, suburban, rural - you name it - beekeeping out there. SO I was not sure what to say. But Spring is coming again, and once again hope. We have mor...
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City Bees Blogspot: Bee-cycling
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Friday, June 25, 2010. Many, indeed, are the joys of beekeeping which I've wanted to share with you. For those of you with delicate spirits, please accept my warning that this one might be kindof gross. This post is about things that eat honeybees, and why I am happy about this. Perhaps some background is necessary? Anyway, ever since my very first summer, I've seen European Giant Hornets, rogue jumping spiders, praying mantises, and the odd guilty-looking mockingbird...
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City Bees Blogspot: June 2009
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Friday, June 19, 2009. Swarm Catching for Dummies. Well into my fifth summer of beekeeping, here's the report: I have become the person about whom I used to scratch my head. OK, so this is one heck of a coincidence! It was also quite a show. Before any beginner hive-minders could say, "Um, what? Middle-aged beekeepers sprang into action! Another started dinging two pieces of metal together: an old wives' tale says you can get a swarm to settle if you bang pans. Four y...
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City Bees Blogspot: Free Urban Beekeeping Seminar for DC Residents
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Tuesday, February 09, 2010. Free Urban Beekeeping Seminar for DC Residents. If you are a resident of the District of Columbia, the Department of Parks and Recreation has a small number of seats available for a free seminar on urban beekeeping! You can click on the picture at left to download the flyer. The seminar is complimentary, though you have to register in advance. And are advised to purchase the accompanying text (Avitabile and Sammataro's. This comment has bee...
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City Bees Blogspot: June 2010
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Friday, June 25, 2010. Many, indeed, are the joys of beekeeping which I've wanted to share with you. For those of you with delicate spirits, please accept my warning that this one might be kindof gross. This post is about things that eat honeybees, and why I am happy about this. Perhaps some background is necessary? Anyway, ever since my very first summer, I've seen European Giant Hornets, rogue jumping spiders, praying mantises, and the odd guilty-looking mockingbird...
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City Bees Blogspot: July 2010
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Thursday, July 15, 2010. No, They're Not All Bees. Two things happened yesterday to prompt this post: first, the DC Public Parks hive at the Lederer Youth Garden was wrongfully accused of harboring terrorists, and second, misperceptions about honeybee ferocity are causing nearby jurisdictions to get antsy about bees. OK, back to the local story. Don't get me wrong: yellowjackets and people cannot share close quarters. It does not work, and I will agree that eradic...
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City Bees Blogspot: February 2010
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Tuesday, February 09, 2010. Free Urban Beekeeping Seminar for DC Residents. If you are a resident of the District of Columbia, the Department of Parks and Recreation has a small number of seats available for a free seminar on urban beekeeping! You can click on the picture at left to download the flyer. The seminar is complimentary, though you have to register in advance. And are advised to purchase the accompanying text (Avitabile and Sammataro's. I'm not very good at...
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City Bees Blogspot: Spring Bees Slurp Algae and Forsythia
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Spring Bees Slurp Algae and Forsythia. Terrified man noticed bees were grabbing water from the air conditioner offtake in his back yard. No stinging required, just a few thirsty bees. At first, I thought they might be foraging propolis from the buds, or that they might just be desperately trying to find any food at all, but on close inspection, I can see those little red tongues finding nectar after all. Hope you enjoy your solo beekeeping!
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City Bees Blogspot: April 2009
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Looking for City Bees San Francisco? Friday, April 17, 2009. A Visit With the First Bees. If there is one eternal truth in beekeeping, it's that committed beekeepers always get a bit nervous when someone else inspects their hive, especially if that someone else has kept bees even. And Sam Kass (whose garden project makes it all possible) to get their credit, too. But I bet you want a look in, too. The groovy piece of woodenware (the one shielded by some plexiglass near the holes) is a vent of Charlie's o...
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