Comments on: Interviewed By MPR At The Beehives

By: Daveabirding

Daveabirding — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:35:49 +0000

Another interesting bee post. I found myself watching another wild hive here in CO yesterday – so entertaining. Thanks for opening my eyes to those little busy bodies. The way they all departed in a straight line, and were coming back in more of a random cloud, was mesmerizing. Now I sound like a hippie. Nature has a way of making us all sound that way, don’t sweat it.

By: Birdchick

Birdchick — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:29:24 +0000

Euan,

thanks for sending them my way. You would have been fine when you visited had we not taken you to the angry hive.

By: Christina Harkness

Christina Harkness — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:39:59 +0000

Living in Duluth, I wasn’t able to set up bee hives either as they are considered “feral animals”. I’ve relegated myself to sitting in the middle of my flower garden and being a bee stalker. My bees go about their merry business, no doubt adding a question to their dance “Wanna see a woman with too much time on her hands? Follow me!”

By: Billy Bones

Billy Bones — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:55:31 +0000

Thank you for sharing these delightful bees. They are always interesting, especially when attacked by large white blimps.

By: Lona

Lona — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:56:47 +0000

Thank you,Thank you. I am so glad you have bee hives. I have saw only a few honey bees this summer and it is really scary. We need bees so much to survive.

By: Euan Kerr

Euan Kerr — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:50:08 +0000

Thanks for being sweet enough to say that I was flexing my bicep when I was stung. I am not sure if I actually have one of those, and really believe the bee just mistook me for a large white blimp that was bearing down on it, so it had to attack my arm. The day I spent with you and the bees was magnificent, and one I will always treasure. Thanks too for showing Jess and Tom around. It sounds like it’s going to be a great piece.

By: donielle

donielle — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:01:25 +0000

totally had a tom hanks moment reading your blog today “there is no CRYING in beekeeping…”

i totally understand about finding comfort in the bees. love this post, so colorful and the bee pics are awesome as always.

By: Heidicrafts

Heidicrafts — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:25:40 +0000

All this, and you’re up on Paint Your Wagon lyrics, to boot. Wow.

By: Birdchick

Birdchick — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:01:00 +0000

Thanks, Nathalie, I’m so proud of our girls!

By: Birdchick

Birdchick — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:57:33 +0000

No, we do not have our Russians. I have a blog entry prepared about that, but I don’t like to use the blog to yell at a small business and have been hesitant to post it. But my experience with Long Creek Apiaries has not been good. We were promised bees by the end of May, they never came, we kept calling and they kept saying, “We’ve had rain, they’ll come next week.”

Then they quit answering the phone or returning messages. Once when when someone did answer and we said who we were and where were our bees, they hung up on us and stopped answering their phone. Finally, someone at Long Creek said, “We can’t get you the 3 packages, maybe one and we’ll put you on the list for next year.” We said that we’d rather have our money back and they said, “Oh, well, we won’t do refunds until next month.”

I feel we have gotten in to dodgy beekeeping world.