Bees

[gothwalk]

Originally published at Now Is A Long Time Too. You can comment here or there.

I’ve been meaning to post this for some time, and am only now getting around to it. I’d like to draw your attention to a blog about beekeeping, titled “Beemused”. Amanda and Justin (who’ll be familiar to those of you on LJ as cissa and cosmicirony) are documenting their adventures in beekeeping, and doing a sterling job. My father has kept bees for years, and while I’m allergic to and phobic of bees, the whole thing still fascinates me.

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[aidian.livejournal.com]

There's a slow series of posts on kuro5hin.org (does anyone besides me actually read that anymore?) over the past couple years called "tales from the hive". If you're interested in bee stories, it's really, really good. I was a member of the northeastern kansas beekeeper's association for a year, once, myself. :) I didn't keep bees, but I learned about them, went to meetings, and was introduced to quite a few bee-derived products (namely interesting things you can do with wax and honey - candles, foods, health and beauty, decorative thingies, and so forth). I actually miss getting their monthly little newsletter. I may actually sign up again someday just for that - it was like $8 a year for membership or something. There may be a beekeeper's association lurking near you, too, unbeknownst to the public at large.

[cissa.livejournal.com]

I did a quick look, and saw no bee-related stuff. How should I find it? I'd be happy to post a link- interesting bee stuff can be hard to find.

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[aidian.livejournal.com]

I did a search for "tales from the hive", found the author, and looked at his posted stories. There are five, spread out since 2005.
(http://www.kuro5hin.org/user/xC0000005/stories)

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/10/27/19408/317
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/4/18/203511/484
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/5/7/11496/37623
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/7/16/222933/069
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2006/9/13/212244/867

Very, very well-written IMO.

These stories also look like they're posted on the guy's website, along with a good amount of other bee-related content, at http://www.voiceofthehive.com/
Also, here's some Northeastern Kansas Beekeeper stuff, which some folks may or may not find useful. http://home.kc.rr.com/busybeehoney/

Helpful? :)