Valerie JustMay 24, 2021Spring Activity: Bee Rescue and Black Locust TreesBee Rescue On Saturday, a bee-loving resident called us to ask us if we could help her save some bees - honey bees were congregating on a...
Valerie JustApr 24, 2021Successful CollaboratorsForward by Valerie Just Greetings, all! Spring has sprung in Iowa, and our bees are getting geared up for a busy season! We feel...
Valerie JustJan 3, 2021Monarch Butterfly's Tale of SurvivalMy husband, John, sent an article that he discovered while reading the Minneapolis Star and Tribune (Bob Timmons-author). We lived in...
Valerie JustSep 7, 2020Honey Bee PlantsResource: Nebraska Extension Bee Lab As you start your fall gardening, here is a good list of native plants that will help our...
Valerie JustJun 28, 20202020 Honey Harvest Basswood Bloom July 10, 2020 Update John extracted honey this week - he probably extracted about 180 pounds, which should just be the...
Valerie JustJun 10, 2020A Few of My Favorite Things...“There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.” Ralph Waldo...
Valerie JustJun 7, 2020It's All About the Monarchs...I planted a lot of small butterfly weed plants this spring in my established landscape, plus in a new landscape that Country Landscapes...
Valerie JustMay 22, 2020Murderous HornetsResources New York Times CBS National Geographic Sound menacing? Perhaps the description conjures up thoughts of a super-villain, or an...
Valerie JustApr 18, 2020Celebrating a Birthday, and Family CommitmentOne of my son's birthday is this upcoming week, but with the CDC guidelines squelching our ability to gather socially, and moreover a...
Valerie JustApr 6, 2020Just Apiary Spring Happenings!Note: Video provided after this write-up. We went out this weekend to check on our two apiaries - one on our property in Des Moines, and...
Valerie JustMar 28, 2020It's OK to Give Yourself a Break from the CoronavirusI am an avid reader - love to learn as much as I can about whatever piques my interest at the time. I am a hoarder of information! I...
Valerie JustJan 31, 2020Monarch Butterfly Conservationist Found DeadUnless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. I was saddened today to learn that Homero...
Valerie JustJan 25, 2020The Blue ZonesI read about the Blue Zones probably 5-6 years ago - Dan Buettner had done years of research on these pockets of global regions where it...
Valerie JustJan 23, 2020Humans risk living in an empty world, warns UN biodiversity chiefMy son, John, shared a post on Facebook today, and I thought it was important to share. Bear with me as I get to the real meat of my...
Valerie JustJan 23, 2020Alarmed by health trends, Iowa cancer doctor fights disease, sugar and food industry with a fistful I typically attempt to stay on point, and add information that is relative to beekeeping and promoting the pollinators. However, I've...
Valerie JustJan 12, 2020Bees Voted Most Important Living Beings on EarthArticle Bees Voted Most Important Living Beings on Earth Here is the article: After a hearing a passionate debate among a panel of...
Valerie JustJan 11, 2020Tests Show Most Store Honey Isn't HoneyI found this article on the Food Safety News site; the article is dated November 7, 2011, written by Andrew Schneider. I have no qualms...
Valerie JustDec 28, 2019Top Ten Healthy Bee Resolutions for 2020I receive emails from the University of Minnesota Bee and Pollinator Research Lab. The lab sent out their TOP TEN HEALTHY BEE RESOLUTIONS...
Valerie JustNov 17, 2019Root Candles - A.I. Root WebsiteAs probably mentioned before, I belong to a beekeeping organization, Central Iowa Beekeepers Association. We had our November meeting...