“By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination,” Christopher Columbus … Big talk for a man who thought he was in India. If the following blog goes off the rails, forgive me. I woke up at 3:00am with my “Night Dreads.” If you’re not familiar with my…
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What if my alpacas get flees and other insane thoughts
“It is always darkest just before the day dawneth.” Thomas Fuller, circa 1650 I woke up at 3:30am and my first thought was, “What if my alpacas get flees?” It would be a reasonable question… If I had alpacas! It all started partly because my wife is afraid that opossums will eat our beloved chickens….
Schrödinger’s Cat and My Bees
“Now he found himself lying in his rumpled bed and wondering if this was how you came untethered from the real, rational world. If this was how it started when you lost your mind.” Stephen King – Four Past Midnight. I held my breath while I searched the hive but it was for nothing – the…
Supersedure – Queen Cell
Very little knowledge is ever gained through success – it is through failure that we truly learn. I’m sure I am not the first one to say that but nonetheless, it’s absolutely true. So it is with beekeeping. As Andrew Davis said in, The Wonders of Beekeeping, “Bees survive, not because of the beekeepers…
Honey Homestead 