Today I woke up on the proverbial “wrong side of bed”.  It was my Sabbath monday off, but it seemed that I felt out of sorts about everything.  From my cat who offered me her dead sparrow, hoping to delight me,  to my annoyance at a request made at the last minute by my husband, just before he…

This past week I received a call from Jessie. His voice held an urgency as he asked if I were the one who could come remove the bees from his renters tree.  As I assessed the call over the phone, I realized that this was going to be something waaaay over my head.  It would involve…

These days tens of thousands of small time hobbyists and backyard beekeepers have popped up worldwide. The alarm has been sounded about the dire plight of bees and people are learning about the fascinating secret life of bees and implications for our food system if our free pollinating service goes away.  You’ll see people in funny suits…