Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Bee Journal: Planting the Honey of a Garden


After reading the Honey Handbook I feel so much more informed as I prepare to put in a garden for the bees.
The Honey Handbook focuses on how to produce great flavoured honeys.  And nothing helps the bees do that more than right right kind of plants.
I'll never forget lifting the lid off the extractor after our first extraction.  The smell was like tomatoes and sweet chilly peppers.  Not what I thought honey should smell like.  The taste was different too.  I wondered what on earth the bees had gotten into.
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The Bee Journal: Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin Beekeepers Association Annual Bee Yard Meeting


I remember a couple years back when we held the event in my bee yard that I learned more in 10 minutes with an experienced beekeeper than reading all kinds of books.
You just can beat some good old fashioned hands-on training.
This year we met in Elgin County at Albert Devries' home where he raises Buckfast bees.
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The Bee Journal: The long and winding road


Today the Beatle's song is going through my head.  The long and winding road.  It often leads to unexpected places.
In this case my mind is saying, "back home."  In truth I don't know where I'll end up.
Today I join with millions of other Canadians and citizens around the world that have or are experiencing the terror and uncertaintly of unemployment.
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Hubble Discovers New Moon Around Pluto | Wired Science | Wired.com


Astronomers have detected a new, fifth moon orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto, in images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The irregularly shaped moon is between 6 and 16 miles across. It circles Pluto in a 60,000-mile-diameter orbit, roughly a quarter of the distance at which our moon orbits Earth.
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Why New York City Wants Cleanweb?


Mayor Bloomberg and NYC Digital produced the first ever City's First-Ever sustainability hackathon - Reinvent Green - that took place July 30th - July 31st. This was part of the initiative to 
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5 Ways Etsy Fuels Entrepreneurs


Etsy the online marketplace for handmade goods is not only helping fledgling artists make money and popularizing the
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Nominate a Green Business Hero: $150 prize!


We’d like to celebrate the heroes of the new economy. The small and mid-sized businesses that are changing the world, regenerating natural resources, creating sustainable jobs that aren’t just outsourced at the first convenient moment.We spend a lot of time blogging about the what’s, how’s and why’s of green entrepreneurship, and we feel we would
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Rent Your Bridal Tiara: Collaborative Consumption for Weddings


Anyone of you that have planned or are planning a wedding realize how expensive it is, not to mention a waste of resources for one day! The wedding dress, accessories, centerpieces all cost hundreds of thousands of dollars never to be used again. Wedding costs and resources can be easily shared and offer an ideal
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Solar Charger Giveaway: IEEE Launches Green Your World Challenge Facebook App


The IEEE Green Your World (GYW) Challenge has officially launched! IEEE wants to bring visibility and support to the UN declaration for 2012- the year of Sustainable Energy for All, and to maintain awareness of global social responsibility, has upgraded the IEEE Green Your World Facebook page to get global users engaged. IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization,
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Announcing an Alternative to the 100-Watt Incandescent: A New LED Product by GE


GE Lighting recently announced that they will be adding a new, 27-watt LED light bulb to the market. Available in an “A-19” design, this GE Energy Smart® product seems to do the impossible; it reduces the amount of heat emitted by a 100-watt bulb of the same shape, but it does not increase the size
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