by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2007 | 2007 Writings, View All Posts
#3: Early Spring—Unpacking and Evaluating Colonies ← View Previous Post View Next Post → You often hear it said around here: “April is by far the cruelest month”. At this time of year we can spend one whole day outside in the warm sunshine, and then look out...
by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2007 | 2007 Writings, View All Posts
#2: Late Winter—“Harvesting” Empty Equipment ← View Previous Post View Next Post → Interest is really building now for a more self-sufficient, healthy and resilient style of non-migratory beekeeping in the northern states. Unstable honey prices, mites,...
by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2007 | 2007 Writings, View All Posts
A Beekeeping Diary – Introduction ← View Previous Post View Next Post → Interest is really building now for a more self-sufficient, healthy and resilient style of non-migratory beekeeping in the northern states. Unstable honey prices, mites,...
by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2006 | 2006 Writings, View All Posts
Where Commercial Beekeeping Went Wrong: The Difference Between Having A Farm And Having A Business ← View Previous Post View Next Post → Now I come to the last of this year’s essays, and the most difficult of all to write. It’s also perhaps the most...
by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2006 | 2006 Writings, View All Posts
Some Thoughts On Breeding Bees In The North ← View Previous Post View Next Post → I have a favorite book from the 1940’s: The Farming Ladder, by George Henderson. It’s a great story of two brothers from London, who set out at age 15 and 16—with no money—to...
