In 1951: Average Cost of new house $9.000.00 Average wages per year $3,510.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 19 cents Average Cost of a new car $1,500.00 Loaf of Bread 16 cents Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. First Color Television… Continue Reading →
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Who ever thinks that self-gratification is somehow more rewarding than service to others has never taken 20,000 stinging insects into a 7th grade science class. I recently took my newly built Ulster observation hive (click here for building instructions) with… Continue Reading →
Have you ever read a book, thoroughly enjoyed it, and wondered why everyone didn’t enjoy it as much as you. Reading a book is a mostly creative process – the dry words of printed books are like mallets on the… Continue Reading →
One of the bloggers I admire most is Linda Tilman of Linda’s Bees – not so much because she is a Master Bee Keeper – which she is – but because she is self-confident enough to share her own failures… Continue Reading →
You may remember about one year ago, I posted a video of robotic flying multicopters building a structure. I was so intrigued that I have built my own robotic quadcopter based on the Arducopter design with the intent of engineering a… Continue Reading →
I am pleased to report that ‘beehacker’ has been entered into the lexicon of popular culture. WordSpy, “the word lover’s guide to new words”, has identified an emerging new meme: beehacker. A beehacker has been defined as n. A beekeeper… Continue Reading →
We harvested about 130 lbs of honey two weeks ago. According to my hive scale, hives #1,2, & 3 contributed 58, 38.5, and 36.5 lbs. Not bad considering that #2 was queenless for several weeks this Spring! Check out the… Continue Reading →
This is in response to Robert Siegel’s June 20th feature “Going After ‘Hackavists’”. I am one of those people who likes to “tinker or modify hardware or software”. I “support free speech”, and I am grateful for the transparency that… Continue Reading →
Beekeepers lose hives all the time. It is a fact of life for beekeeping – perhaps more so today than ever before. Not everyone can afford to take extraordinary measures to preserve a hive in a death spiral. But extraordinary… Continue Reading →
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