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Garden2Table Event – March 25, 2017

Come see the observation hive and let’s talk about our pollinators at the Garden2Table educational event. I hear that Heather Rinaldi of the Texas Worm Ranch will be speaking immediately prior to my time in the breakout sessions.

Join the real food revolution by attending Garden2Table, hosted by Methodist Charlton Medical Center.

Valentines Eve – Joist Space Removal

The homeowners had purchased this home last year, right about the time I’d estimate that the bees moved in (based on the comb color and condition), however the home itself tells a story about bees occupying the space in years past – based on the residue and remnants from wax moth in the space.

During […]

Holiday Show – Plano, Tx – Dec 11

Harmony Hollow will be a VIP vendor at the upcoming Holistic Festival of Life & Wellness on 11 December 2016. This event is free to the public to attend! Plenty of vendors to choose from for all of your holiday shopping needs and wants. Get a VIP pass for special deals from select vendors.

If […]

Some honeybees placed on endangered list

At first glance at the articles I have read in the last few days, one would think to themselves: “What does this matter? These bees are isolated and in Hawaii – how should that mean anything to us here in the contiguous 48?”.

Easy answer. These bee species *are* in an isolated area, and thus […]

Scheduled Events – Saturday / Sunday (9/24 & 9/25)

Events

Mystic Mandala – Intuitive Gallery 2016 – Sept 24 – Saturday – 11am-4pm 3131 Custer Road Ste # 265, Plano, Texas 75075

2016 Dallas VegFEST 2016 – Sept 25 – Sunday – 11am-4pm Keist Park Rec Center, Oak Cliff, TX

 

 

 

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Reclaimed and Rebuilt Fireplace Mantle

(note: click pics for larger versions) Several years back, for another project – I had visited a house that was in process of being demolished – in order to reclaim some of the building materials. (Yes – with permission and blessing from the demolition crew) One of the items that was saved from the bulldozer […]

Author – Kim Flottum presenting at CCHBA meeting on 6/13/2016

Kim Flottum, author for Bee Culture: The Magazine of American Beekeeping – will be presenting tomorrow (Monday 13 June 2016) at the Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Assn. monthly meeting. Click HERE for Kim’s website

From his bio page:

After receiving a degree in horticulture from UW Madison, Kim Flottum worked four years in the USDA […]

Honeybee Out-Yard

A friend of mine has inquired several times about having hives put on their land – both for adding to the biodiversity of the land and flora, but also for the State Agriculture Exemption that includes having honeybees as livestock.

Every county can decide how many hives per acre are required, and the tax exemption […]

Swarm and Potential Trapout

The homeowner called about a swarm – and told me that the bees were coming and going from a hole in a tree. Usually – there is just the bees in the tree and the customer may not know what terms to use. In this case, there truly was a swarm, as well as bees […]

Portable Skylight? or Solar Wax Melter?

To the untrained eye – this may simply look like an innocent portable outdoor solar-powered skylight. However, to the trained and experienced eye – a solar wax melter is seen.

Take off the lid, and you may see the remnants of honeycomb that has been cleaned of it’s honey by honeybees – and then placed […]