This was a pile of gorse that my wife and I had PULLED OUT (that’s a different story). We had had lots of rain so it was soaking wet. I had fanned the little flame with a piece of cardboard...
https://solarbeez.com/2018/12/09/not-a-flamethrower-just-a-leaf-blower/
A couple of years ago, Johann, one of our young neighbors, wanted to start a garden. My wife and I grow many bee-loving flowers and donated a couple of little echium starts to him for as you ma...
Poppies are open. A Painted Lady adorns a Diablo Ninebark. Three pink echium spires made it through the winter. Scabiosa (Pin Cushion Flower) is ready to entertain bees and butterflies. M...
I wasn’t surprised by the deer. We had been bribing the deer with little gifts of spent pea vines and leafed out fruit tree suckers. It was the ‘blur in the background’ that caught my a...
When I saw all the bees on the Lupines I got out the camera. I noticed the bees would land on the bottom petals (referred to as ‘wings or sails,’). They would separate and what looked lik...
https://solarbeez.com/2017/06/10/lupines-get-pollinated-and-its-complicated/
The following video was taken at the 350Eugene Climate Rally on the steps of The Federal Building in Eugene Oregon, April 29, 2017.
https://solarbeez.com/2017/04/30/signs-and-faces-at-the-climate-rally-in-eugene-oregon/
April 21…The turnips are blooming. Why is that important? Because the bees are getting the pollen. Pollen that is high in protein, with all the essential amino acids, and is highly digest...
https://solarbeez.com/2017/04/25/turnip-flowers-give-bees-pollen-power/
Feb. 5…We’re gone for two days and look what happens…Our 45 year old front yard tree decides to topple. it yanked the post clean out of the ground. Look at all those branches…I’m go...
It might not be pretty… I’ve been somewhat afraid to write about my bees. They seem to be doing fine with my efforts to protect them, but I didn’t want to jinx them. This is the end of ...
…and the bees love it too. Turnip soup recipe Chop an onion, saute in olive oil, add 4 to 5 cups of peeled chopped turnips, two garlic cloves (peeled and cut in half), add two teaspoons of smok...
https://solarbeez.com/2016/10/15/turnips-a-cover-crop-you-can-eat/