by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2006 | 2006 Writings, View All Posts
← 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 important one because many times the economic, social and spiritual elements, which are enormously...
by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2006 | 2006 Writings, View All Posts
← 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 learn farming and eventually have their own...
by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2006 | 2006 Writings, View All Posts
← View Previous Post View Next Post → OR: WILL THE NORTHERN STATES SUPPLY THE NATION’S SURPLUS BEES AND QUEENS IN THE FUTURE? I have to admit, I don’t understand why all beekeepers don’t raise their own queens, or at least let the bees do this for them....
by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2006 | 2006 Writings, View All Posts
← View Previous Post View Next Post → We all know that honeybees in North America (and much of the rest of the world) are having really serious health problems; and that these problems have greatly reduced honeybee colony numbers, driven many beekeepers out...
by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2006 | 2006 Writings, View All Posts
← View Previous Post View Next Post → View Fullscreen Having trouble finding support for NATURAL practices in the current predatory and destructive American culture? You’re Not Alone. And We're Here to Help! If you would like to receive updates from...
by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2006 | 2006 Writings, View All Posts
View Next Post → To most of us who were keeping bees twenty and thirty years ago—as either a hobby or a livelihood- two of the chief attractions were the opportunity to work closely with the world of nature, and the seemingly miraculous qualities of the bees...