http://www.badbeekeeping.com Bad Beekeeping - Ron Miksha en-us http://www.badbeekeeping.com/images/rss.gif http://www.badbeekeeping.com 60 54 https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/12/06/bee-book-season/ It's Bee Book Buying Season. Here are about 25 ideas to get you started. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/12/04/bee-virus-with-a-cute-name/ Yet another bee virus to keep you and your bees on their toes. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/12/02/hate-nations-bees/ Hate Nation is a British drama about a dystopian future where robotic bees replace extinct honey bees. Nevertheless, an intriguing show. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/12/01/lawsuits-amidst-toxic-allegations/ A social media activist claims an Australian honey packer's honey is poisonous. It has a very bad outcome for Australia's beekeepers. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/11/29/ending-the-senseless-roadside-carnage-of-bugs/ A group of scientists study the roadkill of insects in Canada. We look at the results and why the study probably wasn't necessary. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/11/27/money-from-honey-101/ Here's a brief recap of our latest offering of a beekeeping economics course. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/11/05/a-metaphysical-life/ Richard Taylor kept 300 hives of bees and mostly produced comb honey. He also wrote the book on Metaphysics - his day job was teaching philosophy. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/10/22/why-vegans-are-wrong/ Vegans and vegetarians are not always the same creature. Vegans are against beekeeping, beekeepers, and the use of honey. They are extremely misguided for reasons that might not be apparent. Here's why vegans are wrong. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/10/18/steve-vai-beekeeper/ Some say Steve Vai is the greatest guitar player, ever. He's a pretty good beekeeper, too. Read today's piece to see what he does with his 1,000 pound honey crop each year. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/10/16/the-golden-bee-award/ Honey bees provide the model to speed internet download speeds. For that, the Honey Bee Algorithm wins the Golden Goose Award. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/10/14/podcasted/ Just finished an hour-long podcast interview. It was fun. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/10/11/a-penny-for-my-thoughts/ Under various guises, the Bad Beekeeping Blog has been around for 21 years. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/10/07/the-synthetic-hive/ What bees really need is an entirely artificial, synthetic environment, right? https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/10/06/double-or-nothing/ What does a beekeeper do with a weak hive late in the season? Will it survive winter? https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/09/09/the-man-who-made-killer-bees/ It's the 94th birthday of the man who created Killer Bees. He is celebrated as one of Brazil's greatest scientists. And not just for the honey bee experiment. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/09/08/bumble-bees-and-free-will/ Do bees exhibit decision-making, choice, and personality? Or is it all in their heads? https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/09/01/the-worker-who-would-be-queen/ Researchers have discovered the chemical pathway that allows workers to lay eggs. It turns out to be a reversal of a more common use for the same biochemical system. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/08/31/should-a-bee-city-ban-honey-bees/ A new certification program designates candidate cities as 'bee cities' - but could this be a well-intended policy that leads to dire unexpected consequences for honey bees? https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/08/28/making-creamed-honey/ If you like smooth, creamy-texture honey, then you'll like our easy recipe for making your own. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/08/18/whither-the-sunflower/ Sunflowers follow the sun? It's complicated. Seems they face east when they mature because that's what bees prefer. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/06/08/investigating-the-crime-scene/ If bees are negligently killed by pesticides, it's a crime. Here's an article about the way a poisoned bee yard should be treated as a literal crime scene. Cleaning it up may tamper with the evidence and reduce chances of getting justice for your losses. https://badbeekeepingblog.com/2016/05/13/drawing-the-bee/ Should we bring drawing and sketching nature (honey bees, for example) back to school? Especially colleges? Here's a great case made in favour - and also my best sketch of an elephant swallowed by a boa constrictor.