Letters to a Beekeeper
By Alys Fowler and Steve Benbow
A beautifully illustrated story of friendship, passion and useful insects
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
An update on a blackboard
Since I last wrote I have:
- Consumed 1.5kg of wood sage honey
- Read one book on plant pollinator interactions
- Started two books on British bees
- Re-read three books by Derek Jarman
- Lost six hours to Rightmove looking for my 'Prospect Cottage'
- Planted 1000 pollinator friendly bulbs
- Spotted my first bumblebee queen of the season
- Germinated 11 bee bee tree seeds
- Raised nine bee bee seedlings
- Disposed of one slug who ate the other two
AND
- Written 9677 words
- Which required 82 cups of tea.
Alys x
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Good-luck with the Bee Bee tree (tetradium danielli). We donated a few saplings (grown from seed collected at a well known RHS garden) to our local "Eco-garden" . They look very much like ash when young so I hope an enthusiastic volunteer doesn't pull them out :-)
posted 26th February 2014
Good-luck with the Bee Bee tree (tetradium danielli). We donated a few saplings (grown from seed collected at a well known RHS garden) to our local "Eco-garden" . They look very much like ash when young so I hope an enthusiastic volunteer doesn't pull them out :-)
posted 26th February 2014
Good-luck with the Bee Bee tree (tetradium danielli). We donated a few saplings (grown from seed collected at a well known RHS garden) to our local "Eco-garden" . They look very much like ash when young so I hope an enthusiastic volunteer doesn't pull them out :-)
posted 26th February 2014
Where did you get the wood sage honey?? :0)
posted 26th February 2014
Alys have you read Gould and Gould 'The Honey Bee'?
posted 26th February 2014
Lisa, the wood sage honey comes from Steve, he sells it on his website, I believe.
Adrian, I haven't, but have just ordered it. Thanks for the suggestion!
posted 28th February 2014
Fabulous!!!!! (Should have realised!!!). Keep up the good work and pots of tea :)
posted 28th February 2014
Why are we waiting? I pledged support for this book nearly two years ago, last year we were promised an Autumn publication, a year later, still no book. Getting more than a bit disillusioned here. You seem to have been busy doing a great deal apart from fulfilling your side of the contract we entered into in October 2013.
posted 5th September 2015