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Putting Mini-Hives in Your Home Garden
Selby Apiaries in the Chico area in Northern California has started an interesting little project, literally off the back of a truck. They, of course, demo the project, but if you want a quick peek,...
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24 Hours to Save the Bees!
24 Hours to Save the Bees! Filed under: Food, United States Tagged: Bayer, death, ethics, food system, movement, save the bees
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Flowering Chives Attract Bumble Bees
A guest contribution! Thank you! This photo was taken in southwestern Ontario among the flowering chives. It’s that time of year… Filed under: Bumblebees, Canada, Food, Photography Tagged: bumble bee,...
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Start 'em Young
Reblogged from The Good Villager: Crucial to, but mostly missing from, our worldwide education system is gardening and food system knowledge. Once upon a time, children were exposed on a daily basis...
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Chives: Good for Humans, Bumbles, Honeybees & Swallowtails
If you have some space in your garden and want to plant something that will benefit everyone (or at least many), then pick chives. They are quite pretty when they flower, humans can eat both the stem...
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Jean-Marie Sempels: Local Honey in Quyon, Quebec
Local honey on offer through the Wakefield Farmers’ Market and the Old Chelsea Market in Southern Quebec. On offer: Pure liquid honey, flavoured honey, creamed honey, honeycomb, and more. Very...
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Local Honey for Sale: Jane’s Honey Bees of Fraser Valley, BC
Liz Graham is the Bee Master behind Jane’s Honey Bees located in Fraser Valley of BC. I met her while covering the Main Street Farmers’ Market in Vancouver where you can find her selling honey and...
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Blackberries Are Coming – Thank You Honeybees!
Nearly three years ago, I published a short rant – a blackberry season rant, no less – on the first incarnation of The Good Villager, my responsible living and travel blog (then known as Something to...
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Support a Beekeeper! Bees Alive! Now Taking Advertisers
Are you a beekeeper that sells honey, value-added products or offers other products, courses or services? Do you know and appreciate a beekeeper in your area? Then please read on. Bees Alive! is now...
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Acacia Honey in China
From time to time, I buy a jar of Chinese honey. It makes sense. After all, I live in China. Why not buy local? Of course, Chinese products are often suspect in some way – many Chinese folks I’ve...
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