"Dédé l'Abeillaud"

His Blog http://ddlabeillaud.blogspot.com/

 Read in English here
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/02/10/france-a-drone-campaigning-for-president/

What Our Bees Do in a Hurricane

Honeybees cover the entrance during Hurricane Issac

Wind kicking up.. leaves blowing around- photo with flash...

A Photograph of a Honeybee

Today I had lunch with my physics instructor, and fellow alumni from high school.
He is also is a pilot, and someone who is interested in time travel.
He brought me a beautifully stunning photograph of a honeybee
about to land on pristine blossoms of a seguaro cactus.
It is spectacular in its imagery and even more so in its thoughfulness.
I gave him some honeycomb that I  had gathered this Spring from Faith's Hive.
We talked about  Art and Fear, and also about how we are owned by our pets.
and also about the spontaneous nature of the best creative works, as he is a writer.
I am grateful for his friendship and insight... I have been staring at the photo all day and night.
I cannot stop thinking about what cactus blossom honey tastes like!

Honeybee Inspired work by Michael Rogers of RIT

Michael Rogers' beautiful work titled 

"Honey Flow" 

from the exhibition 

A Visual Conversation 

curated by Jane Bruce at River House Arts, Perrysburg, Ohio, 

Bee Boles !

Bee Boles are rows of recesses in stone walls often facing the south of the morning sun. Made for the benefit of protecting the bees from the elements, while facing the morning sun.

 Each recess is large enough to hold one skep ( hive) The Scots word "bole" means recess in a wall.

Be Boles at Ballingarry Castle  evidently only  about  a dozen of these 16th century structures are recorded.
from
http://myhome.iolfree.ie/~arrow/Ballingarry.htm

 If you are from New Orleans, these might look familiar!
  but their use is entirely different.


Imagine that! This is  a photo from St. Louis #1 and yes- they are facing the East.
( http://cache.virtualtourist.com/15/3411814-St_Louis_1_rear_wall_tombs_New_Orleans.jpg )

Bee Boles in Tolquhan Castle
from http://www.scottishcastlesassociation.com/rec-id-238-cat_id-1-highlight-2.htm

 All About Bee Boles from the Garden History Society

Bee boles that were originally part of the large walled kitchen garden belonging to Remnantz, Bucks. Photo by Geoff Wood

http://www.gardenhistorysociety.org/post/agenda/bee-boles/

Sturdy stone bee boles in Fife, Scotland. Photo by Penelope Walker

 and from the 

 IBRA BEE BOLES REGISTER

http://ibra.beeboles.org.uk/

"Records of bee boles and other beekeeping structures built in the past. Started by Dr Eva Crane in 1952, the Register now contains paper records for 1522 sites, and photographic prints and/or transparencies for most of them. To improve accessibility to the records and to encourage conservation and further recording, the Register was put into a database and made available online in 2005. The work was organized by Penelope Walker, with the help of those mentioned inAcknowledgements.

This database was last updated on 23 July 2012."

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Many thanks for following along on our beekeeping journey. 

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