2015

  • Pigs and Pollinators

      This week I am in Ohio, staying in our old family farmhouse. When I arrived…

  • BEE CITY USA

    So, I did it.  I went before the City Council, and it was a very positive…

  • Bees at the City Council?

    If I were going to think like a bee, I would imagine bubbles above their heads…

  • Managing or Mismanaging?

    Bees, among other living beings on earth, are highly managed and manipulated by humans.  And still…

  • The Great Robbing

    This past weekend I was involved in an epic battle.  As a lifelong pacificist, growing up…

  • Bees and Weeds

    Today I went down to the Albuquerque Bosque (which in Spanish means “forest”). It is a…

  • Spirituality of Bees

    O.k. you knew I’d get there, right?  You’ve probably been counting to 100 saying, “Wait for…

  • On the dole

    Today I felt a little bit like Uncle Sam. (Why is this print green? Perhaps to…

  • Survivor

    This past Saturday I received my Beekeeper Certification.  After two years of classes and fieldwork, 12…

  • Bees, Lorenzo and Santolina

    Recently I met Lorenzo Candelaria, an heir to one of 6 original families from Spain who…