One question I get asked a lot is how I got involved in wanting to keep bees. It definitely wasn’t that I woke up one day wanting for bee stings! More, it was a gradual thing: In 2010, I started reading about the plight of the honeybee. (It is astounding to me how many people… Continue Reading
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Leslie’s Mid-summer 2012 Hive Report
It’s a hot Sunday in Denver, and this morning I went out to check on both hives. It’s been more than a month since I last looked. Last time, LaFonda’s hive was so instantly aggravated when we popped the lid of the hive, we aborted the inspection and decided we needed to get the smoker… Continue Reading
How Leslie’s Queens Got Their Names
Every bee colony has a Queen, and mine are both named: Queen Maggie, and Queen LaFonda. Queen Maggie rules hive #1, installed in the Spring of 2011. She got her name from my dear friend Peggy. Here’s the story: Peggy retired early from corporate PR for a high-tech company, a year or so earlier. At… Continue Reading