Bee 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...

Forward by Valerie Just Greetings, all! Spring has sprung in Iowa, and our bees are getting geared up for a busy season! We feel...

My husband, John, sent an article that he discovered while reading the Minneapolis Star and Tribune (Bob Timmons-author). We lived in...

Resource: Nebraska Extension Bee Lab As you start your fall gardening, here is a good list of native plants that will help our...

Basswood Bloom July 10, 2020 Update John extracted honey this week - he probably extracted about 180 pounds, which should just be the...

“There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.” Ralph Waldo...

I planted a lot of small butterfly weed plants this spring in my established landscape, plus in a new landscape that Country Landscapes...

Resources New York Times CBS National Geographic Sound menacing? Perhaps the description conjures up thoughts of a super-villain, or an...

One of my son's birthday is this upcoming week, but with the CDC guidelines squelching our ability to gather socially, and moreover a...

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...

I 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...

Unless 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...

I 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...

My 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...

I typically attempt to stay on point, and add information that is relative to beekeeping and promoting the pollinators. However, I've...

Article Bees Voted Most Important Living Beings on Earth Here is the article: After a hearing a passionate debate among a panel of...

I found this article on the Food Safety News site; the article is dated November 7, 2011, written by Andrew Schneider. I have no qualms...

I receive emails from the University of Minnesota Bee and Pollinator Research Lab. The lab sent out their TOP TEN HEALTHY BEE RESOLUTIONS...

As probably mentioned before, I belong to a beekeeping organization, Central Iowa Beekeepers Association. We had our November meeting...