Tag Archives: Bees

Queen of Hope

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Susan

It’s been a crazy time up in my Beethedral this spring. We’ve had very wet weather ever since March, and I hoped that the bees would want to begin swarming from my four over-wintered hives as soon as they got … Continue reading →

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Raising Happiness

Posted on September 26, 2017 by Susan

This past weekend, I remembered that I had a kitchen. It is a fact that escapes me for most of the summer months. Entranced by my garden and all of the precious tiny creatures who visit me in surprising fashion … Continue reading →

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THE CRACKS IN EVERYTHING

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Susan

Years ago, when I was reading about the meditation technique of Centering Prayer, Abbott Thomas Keating wrote that the great contemplatives either meditated or spent a great deal of time in nature. I never forgot that: That I could exchange … Continue reading →

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KEEPING BEES IN STRAW: A New Joy

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Susan

It has been five months since I brought my bright and beautiful Sun Hive home, and just three months since I escorted a small cast swarm up a wooden ramp and into its dark and enfolding interior. Small the swarm … Continue reading →

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Bless the Mothers

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Susan

Mothers have been on my mind lately. My friend just lost her mother last week to cancer. My own mother passed just a year ago now. Chipper, the mama squirrel who has been visiting me for peanuts for four years … Continue reading →

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My Sun Hive Adventure

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Susan

Michael Joshin Thiele spoke as he always does—softly and deliberately: “How was this for you?” he asked in the most lilting German accent you will ever hear. We circled around him, about fourteen of us hailing from different states and … Continue reading →

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BEE-SOTTED SPRING

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Susan

My back lawn is very sad. Most of its lovely green face is beneath mud now, and in other places the grass is drowned beneath rain puddles. This has been a very wet season, a record-rain season I’m told. Carter … Continue reading →

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WHAT IF?

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Susan

Last fall, I did an unconventional thing—which is in itself nothing surprising—and brought a beehive inside. Sophia Hive was very small, and I believed I had nothing to lose bringing her in and placing her in a lovely, large acrylic … Continue reading →

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WHO DO YOU TRUST?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Susan

A few weeks back, I woke up in the dark, happy and grateful that I’ve managed to carve out two-plus hours of quiet self-time before the day lights up in earnest. I sat with my morning coffee, watching the first … Continue reading →

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DO THIS ONE THING

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Susan

These cold mornings, I make it a habit to walk up to my bee yard no matter what the weather and take a peek into the plexiglass viewing windows on each one of my hives. My hives are kept under … Continue reading →

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