by Lund, Michael | Sep 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s amazing how many people think we have Abominable Snowmen inhabiting the U.S.! I got to say; Not Yeti, but Bigfoots. Yeti are native to Asia mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Perhaps they were brought here by early settlers to work in the forest industry and...
by Lund, Michael | Apr 18, 2022 | Musings
Characteristics Excluding Africans: Italians – big populations that use a lot of food, good honey production, calm on the comb, fairly gentle, with a tendency to drift and rob Carniolans – one of the gentlest bees, very clean, slows or stops brood rearing...
by Lund, Michael | Mar 14, 2022 | General
When the theories of atoms started, the thought of comparing the smallest parts of matter to the biggest seemed strange! But here we are – nucleus, sun and orbiting planets, electrons. I say let’s look at the management of bees. We’ll look at one of the...
by Lund, Michael | Jan 17, 2022 | Musings
Growing up in a beach neighborhood, all the cottages and houses had porches. The place to gather as a family or with neighbors – the “social media” of the day! Most of the houses were built before the 1920’s and had gas heat and lights, no electricity, and no...
by Lund, Michael | Dec 20, 2021 | Musings
Towards the end of March, the questions start showing up. The USDA seems to be the first, wanting to know how many hives I’ve lost by April 1st for the first quarter. Strange, it’s still March and I’ve gotten a letter and 2 phone calls. Whatever! Then the Bee...
