Bravo Founding Farmers and GW

Bravo Founding Farmers and GW

A shout-out to our neighboring school, George Washington University! Their news which impresses me is that through a partnership with Founding Farmers, there are 6…

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Risk, Stings, and The Universe

Risk, Stings, and The Universe

Part of my quietude over the past week has involved grappling with the disparate reactions to discussion about beekeeping on campus. In general there has…

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Solar-powered beehive coolers to increase yields

Solar-powered beehive coolers to increase yields

I wish I had one of these nifty little solar-powered cooling devices for the hive on a day like today…300 lbs of honey!? OMG! 100…

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Bee Wonk Video!

Bee Wonk Video!

Hive installation at SIS: the video is allliiiiveeee!

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Beefuddled at first, bees installed on SIS roof happily!

Beefuddled at first, bees installed on SIS roof happily!

So exciting! I will save the video of the installation for later, but for now just want to share the great news and funny story…

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book talk 5/25 and film 5/26, oh my!

book talk 5/25 and film 5/26, oh my!

Hannah Nordhaus, The Beekeeper’s LamentMay 25 2011 7:00 pm, reading at Politics and Prose. Like an apian version of Johnny Appleseed, John Miller travels the…

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DC Honeybees: Bread For The City...Installing New Bees Video

DC Honeybees: Bread For The City…Installing New Bees Video

DC Honeybees: Bread For The City…Installing New Bees Video The bees for the first of the SIS hives have arrived! They’re sitting in a post…

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music and poetry

music and poetry

My friend Sean Christie wrote the terrific poem below and sent this wonderful video to me. Sean is a writer based in South Africa, though…

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Pollination, Ecosystem Services, and LEED

Pollination, Ecosystem Services, and LEED

OK, so we all know pollinators are good, right? Right. Because plants need to be pollinated to bear fruit. And, of course, to reproduce. Here’s…

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Getting experience

Getting experience

Today I accompanied Jeff Miller of DCHoneybees to install two hives and to check on his hives at Bread for the City. I first heard…

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