I spent the whole day Sunday with my bee buddy and good friend, Sarah. We were in the hive yards, mitigating varroa mites—testing and treating. There is actually nothing worse than seeing a varroa mite on your bees up close. Like Frankenstein, they are bloodsucking little beasts, disemboweling bees and then sucking the life out…

Recently I learned about German forester, Peter Wohlleben, who wrote,“The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate — Discoveries From a Secret World”. As a forester, fresh out of school he was required to fell trees and spray them with insecticides. Something in him resisted. Doing his own research, he found that…

So. First the bad news. We did not receive the #HiveMind grant for creating pollinator wildflower corridors. Thank you all for your support and cheering us on. Truly, you made a difference! The good news is that Think Like a Bee and other bee community members met with key players from the City of Albuquerque…