More than Honey

But it seems that the bees will remain part of my life for quite a bit longer. Stay tuned for some exciting news! Also, I will continue blogging at my new site The Viable Blog, about bees and agricultural diversity, and everything else I may find interesting.  And I will keep my Twitter stream @scout_bee [...]

Manche Sachen wird man einfach nicht mehr los… Well, what can I say? Maybe this: If the honey bees are anything remotely as persistent as this quote, we wouldn’t need to worry about them: “If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years left to live.” [...]

Dear Readers, Today, this little blog has been up for exactly one year. Many of you have been following our forays into the bee world for quite a while now, and your numbers keep growing. This is great. Thank you!! When I started this blog, I mainly wanted to share my ongoing wonder about the [...]

I am pleased to announce that More than Honey is up in TWO blog carnivals* this week! Go take a bite at Amber’s delicious Spineless Specialty Menue served in Circus of the Spineless #53. How about some Hover-fly Hummus for appetizers, followed by some Pasta & Click Beetles and then come back here for some [...]

Much of commercial beekeeping in the US would not be possible anymore without the almond industry of California. These days, the beekeepers’ income from pollination is about the same as they have from honey production. This much we had known for quite a while, but we knew very little about the almond industry itself. As [...]

On June 25, exactly three months after the first entry, we have had a 1000 visits on this site. It’s a bit too early to evaluate the whole blogging endeavor, but we do feel encouraged by this. Thanks to all of you!

Die Mandeln in Kalifornien sind zur Zeit etwa halbreif und warten auf die Ernte im August. 795.000 acres (ca. 322.000 ha) Mandeln werden in Kalifornien angebaut – über 80% der Weltproduktion. Und für jede einzelne muss eine Blüte bestäubt werden. Das stellt man sich so einfach vor: Baum – Blüte – Biene – Mandel. Aber [...]

Herzlich willkommen zu unserem Bienenfilm-Blogging-Experiment! Falls euch die Umgebung hier noch ein bisschen leer vorkommt, bitte nicht wundern: das Ganze ist noch in Arbeit und wird sich im Laufe des Projekts weiter entwickeln. Irgendwann werden sich unsere klugen und begabten Web-Designer der Seite annehmen und dann wird alles viel schöner. Aber bis es soweit ist, [...]