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Hope They Don’t Sting Us

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Junior Hayseed hits the nail on the head of concern #1 of beekeeping.

I couldn’t bring myself to tell him that it’s just a matter of time.  Instead, I went with “me, too.”

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Blog “Upgrade”, First Real Honey, and PESTO!

You may have noticed that I wrecked upgraded my blog. The crack technical staff (i.e., me) here at Urban Hayseed, LLC (yes, there really is such a thing) spent hours and hours upgrading our software, resolving all the broken plugins, and installing a new theme that allows for a bit more customization. As a result, what used to work… doesn’t.

Specifically, I’ve noticed that the map of readers is all whacked. I had the staff remove the wiki (it was literally only used by spammers, and I think they’ll be OK without my help). I’m going to see if I can resurrect the forums, though. I really think that’d be good fun if we could get them seeded with some interesting threads.

Back to food! It’s been so hot lately that I’ve been afraid to don my long pants and go hive diving to see how things are going, but today I felt like I just had to check in with the bees.  Besides, I just bought this nifty remote control for my camera and needed to take a picture of myself doing something…


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Foundationless Frames

Sorry about the gap in posts there, but I’ve been busting my hump in the Urban Hayseed Research Facility (i.e., my backyard)  spreading a unit of cedar chips and several yards of compost here and there.  It’s been 90 something lately.  What a lovely combination.

Anyway, just to have a topic to discuss, I’ll throw out the following.

WARNING: This is serious bee geek talk.  If you don’t keep them or don’t care to read unreasonably technical blather, feel free to go read Google News or something.  I’ll be back with some pretty pictures of plants tomorrow.


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Honey Bee Swarm, Part 2

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OK, fine. I have another hive.

It came down to letting the little freaks do their thing again on their own schedule (i.e., probably when there was an anaphylaxis convention next door…) or I had to try to head them off at the pass.

What the hell, I can always sell it to [...]

Are You Allergic to Bee Stings?

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Probably not.

My neighbor just informed me (after I made the mistake of telling him that I was going to keep honey bees) that he has “really bad anti-falactic shock to bee stings.”  I can only assume that he was asserting that he would go into anaphylactic shock if he were to be [...]