Comments on: Save bees, Join the Johnny Applebee project! http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/ Life more abundantly Tue, 22 May 2012 05:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: drdatura (Damon Taylor) http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13534 drdatura (Damon Taylor) Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:40:27 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13534 Give the bees near your home, farm or garden a hand. http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/ Give the bees near your home, farm or garden a hand.
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]]> By: Honey Bees http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13525 Honey Bees Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:42:13 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13525 Beekeeping can be a fascinating hobby but it can also be a profitable business. Beekeeping is a full time occupation for other people. There are thousands of hobby beekeepers worldwide and numerous large-scale commercial beekeepers. According to estimates, the annual production of honey worldwide exceeds a million metric tons. .-= Honey Bees´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.beekeepingsuccess.com/hello-world/" rel="nofollow">Hello world!</a> =-. Beekeeping can be a fascinating hobby but it can also be a profitable business. Beekeeping is a full time occupation for other people. There are thousands of hobby beekeepers worldwide and numerous large-scale commercial beekeepers. According to estimates, the annual production of honey worldwide exceeds a million metric tons.
.-= Honey Bees´s last blog ..Hello world! =-.

]]> By: Dana http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13524 Dana Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:21:33 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13524 Not yet. I found someone who was still selling them, but after the initial inquiry, he never followed up with a total or means of payment. Soooo....I'm wondering if he's just busy and I'll here from him when he's ready, if he forgot me, or if he doesn't peddle in measly little orders like mine. :) .-= Dana´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RoscommonAcres/~3/HwkwJI1V-go/" rel="nofollow">Wordless Wednesday: Never knew weeding could be so fun!</a> =-. Not yet. I found someone who was still selling them, but after the initial inquiry, he never followed up with a total or means of payment. Soooo….I’m wondering if he’s just busy and I’ll here from him when he’s ready, if he forgot me, or if he doesn’t peddle in measly little orders like mine. :)
.-= Dana´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday: Never knew weeding could be so fun! =-.

]]> By: Life On The Planet http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13523 Life On The Planet Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:46:30 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13523 Do you have bees yet? .-= Life On The Planet´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/xfhc/~3/TukKSgobIyA/the-set.html" rel="nofollow">The Set</a> =-. Do you have bees yet?
.-= Life On The Planet´s last blog ..The Set =-.

]]> By: Dana http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13501 Dana Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:03:08 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13501 I've heard of that project! Thank you so much for sharing it. And I'm glad the bees are doing such a nice job on your fruit trees. I like to hear that since we are planning a small orchard ourselves! .-= Dana´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RoscommonAcres/~3/HwkwJI1V-go/" rel="nofollow">Wordless Wednesday: Never knew weeding could be so fun!</a> =-. I’ve heard of that project! Thank you so much for sharing it. And I’m glad the bees are doing such a nice job on your fruit trees. I like to hear that since we are planning a small orchard ourselves!
.-= Dana´s last blog ..Wordless Wednesday: Never knew weeding could be so fun! =-.

]]> By: Dana http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13486 Dana Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:19:50 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13486 I'd heard about that for the cabbage family. I haven't tried it yet, but we are this year. More because we didn't get our garden tilled in time for any early spring plantings, but we'll see how it goes! We just bought two top bar hives and are anxiously awaiting our first bees! .-= Dana´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RoscommonAcres/~3/l9PYBbz1Ca4/" rel="nofollow">Save bees, Join the Johnny Applebee project!</a> =-. I’d heard about that for the cabbage family. I haven’t tried it yet, but we are this year. More because we didn’t get our garden tilled in time for any early spring plantings, but we’ll see how it goes!

We just bought two top bar hives and are anxiously awaiting our first bees!
.-= Dana´s last blog ..Save bees, Join the Johnny Applebee project! =-.

]]> By: Tatiana http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13485 Tatiana Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:31:31 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13485 I love bees! I know first hand how much good they do in our yard. Our fruit trees produce more than our neighbors' and friends' because we plant what the bees like --- and they come! We just participated in the 2010 Hunt for Bees. It's easy and very cool to be part of national research on bees. You can get the info. at www.greatsunflower.org. It makes a great homeschool project or summer activity or whatever. My boys loved it! I love bees! I know first hand how much good they do in our yard. Our fruit trees produce more than our neighbors’ and friends’ because we plant what the bees like — and they come! We just participated in the 2010 Hunt for Bees. It’s easy and very cool to be part of national research on bees. You can get the info. at http://www.greatsunflower.org. It makes a great homeschool project or summer activity or whatever. My boys loved it!

]]> By: Stephanie in AR http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13484 Stephanie in AR Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:22:27 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13484 We have lots of clovers in the yard & old pasture and garden organically. On the list is to build a top bar hive and have our own bees. That's for the small gap between planting the garden & canning season. I moved cabbages & their cousins to the fall garden its supposed to work better here in the mid-south and frees up seed starting space. Hoping it works. .-= Stephanie in AR´s last blog ..<a href="http://atypicalhomeschool.net/tutorials/wordpress/new-york-new-york/" rel="nofollow">New York, New York</a> =-. We have lots of clovers in the yard & old pasture and garden organically. On the list is to build a top bar hive and have our own bees. That’s for the small gap between planting the garden & canning season.

I moved cabbages & their cousins to the fall garden its supposed to work better here in the mid-south and frees up seed starting space. Hoping it works.
.-= Stephanie in AR´s last blog ..New York, New York =-.

]]> By: Dana http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13483 Dana Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:48:19 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13483 My daughter used to be afraid of bees and totally overreacted when she saw them. After many explanations about how the frantic waving was going to get her stung, I noticed a honeybee out on one of our flowers. I took her out and showed it to her and then held my breath as I touched it while it worked to show her that they aren't aggressive and don't really care that much about what you're doing. She was totally amazed and has since been a lot more reasonable around the bees. And all my children are looking forward to our hive! .-= Dana´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RoscommonAcres/~3/l9PYBbz1Ca4/" rel="nofollow">Save bees, Join the Johnny Applebee project!</a> =-. My daughter used to be afraid of bees and totally overreacted when she saw them. After many explanations about how the frantic waving was going to get her stung, I noticed a honeybee out on one of our flowers.

I took her out and showed it to her and then held my breath as I touched it while it worked to show her that they aren’t aggressive and don’t really care that much about what you’re doing.

She was totally amazed and has since been a lot more reasonable around the bees.

And all my children are looking forward to our hive!
.-= Dana´s last blog ..Save bees, Join the Johnny Applebee project! =-.

]]> By: Shawna http://roscommonacres.com/2010/06/save-bees-join-the-johnny-applebee-project/comment-page-1/#comment-13481 Shawna Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:37:04 +0000 http://roscommonacres.com/?p=1915#comment-13481 Hives aren't allowed here; we have been looking into it for awhile... and the ones that we can "smuggle" home are EXPENSIVE! The house idea is one we came across a few months ago and are considering; I was finally able to get my husband to stop using Round Up--he loves and wants his bees and didn't realize his love of Round Up could be hurting them (he is forbidden near MY garden with HIS Round Up LOL but he uses it along our road and on our slope amongst his fruit trees **gasp**) I also sprinkle in lots of flower bee attracting flowers and shrubs amongst my veggie garden and around our property... although I haven't really researched this (#1 and #7 of your list) but I think I might do that now :-) One of my favorite memories and pictures of two of my boys is their attempts at capturing the bees when they were small. One would squat down in his jammies over the ice plant with a pair of pliers and attempt to capture the bees as they landed on the plant: he wished to examine them up close and personal, plus it was a challenge that felt good to conquer. The other would roam our slope in his jammies and barefoot with a plastic baggie so that he could collect bee specimens with his fingers for closer examine... and that whole challenge/conquest thing LOL Luckily, none of my children where allergic and only two took a real interest in the capturing of the bees :-) Bees are our friends at our home; our neighbors and friends aren't always of the same mind upon visiting though :-) Hives aren’t allowed here; we have been looking into it for awhile… and the ones that we can “smuggle” home are EXPENSIVE!

The house idea is one we came across a few months ago and are considering; I was finally able to get my husband to stop using Round Up–he loves and wants his bees and didn’t realize his love of Round Up could be hurting them (he is forbidden near MY garden with HIS Round Up LOL but he uses it along our road and on our slope amongst his fruit trees **gasp**)

I also sprinkle in lots of flower bee attracting flowers and shrubs amongst my veggie garden and around our property… although I haven’t really researched this (#1 and #7 of your list) but I think I might do that now :-)

One of my favorite memories and pictures of two of my boys is their attempts at capturing the bees when they were small. One would squat down in his jammies over the ice plant with a pair of pliers and attempt to capture the bees as they landed on the plant: he wished to examine them up close and personal, plus it was a challenge that felt good to conquer. The other would roam our slope in his jammies and barefoot with a plastic baggie so that he could collect bee specimens with his fingers for closer examine… and that whole challenge/conquest thing LOL Luckily, none of my children where allergic and only two took a real interest in the capturing of the bees :-)

Bees are our friends at our home; our neighbors and friends aren’t always of the same mind upon visiting though :-)

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