Dear readers, I have temporarily hung up my beekeeping hat for writing. Perhaps it was the bees themselves, or the Bee Goddess, who guided me during those dark COVID years of hopelessness and fear. When the whole world shut down and I was no longer needed in the workplace, I fled to a tiny house…

Friends, thank you for your care of our pollinators, workhorses of the food system we enjoy. Join the Hive Mind on Nov. 29 to give to Think Like a Bee and our upcoming projects for 2023. This past year we have been working closely with the City of Albuquerque to secure grants and fund a…

From the newly minted Middle Rio Grande Times: Posted on May 29, 2021 by collaborators Pesticide is an overarching term meaning a compound which kills fungus, bacteria, insects, or weeds. Insecticides target insects while herbicides target weeds. In this article, we address two pesticides, glyphosate and neonicotinoids, that have widespread deleterious effects on humans and ecosystems. Manufacturing of…