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I guess the new swarm – my second colony of bees, is no more, at least in my hive boxes. My guess is that they lost their queen somewhere along the way – maybe when I was brushing them into … Continue reading →

So I suited up about two weeks ago after dark and took off that lid covered with bees, and had to brush them carefully into the box. I guess the swarm just never settled in after I dumped them in … Continue reading →

My name’s Krystal. I’m one of the two first staff members working at The Dancing Earth Farm.      I’ve been on this beautiful earth 17yrs almost 18 in Oct.  I recently graduated high school. I have been living in this … Continue reading →

Earlier this week I went out after dark to take a look at the box and see how the swarm was settling. There was a whole cluster of bees on the bottom of the outside lid! I don’t know if … Continue reading →

The Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC, in Occidental, California) is a magical place. Visiting for the day is like stepping out of our normal every-day world and stepping into one of those sidewalk chalk paintings in Mary Poppins. Everything … Continue reading →

Last Saturday my daughter and I took a chicken-keeping class at Love Apple Farm. Then we brought four cute baby chicks home. We were very sad the next morning to find that one of them did not make it through … Continue reading →