interviews with beekeepers Archives - The Walrus and the Honeybee

Mistakes!

In beekeeping, as in life, everybody makes mistakes. Even bees occasionally make them. The hard part is owning up to

I love science. I’ve even got a chemistry degree, but don’t ask me about it because that was over thirty

I met up with a very busy Ray Olivarez of Olivarez Honey Bees last October at his company headquarters in

This is the second in a series of posts in which I provide a short audio clip of my interviewee.

Back in the day they used to put honey in cans rather than jars, and the picture shows a very

What a difference a few weeks makes, weather-wise, in this crazy country I live in. As I munched my way

Hotter than Athens A couple of days ago we had a Winter heatwave in the UK courtesy of air being

Just in case any readers want to know what little ole me thinks, I have answered some of my interview

Image above copyright Mariusz Nikiciuk Here in the UK, and particularly in my corner of our emerald isle, we are accustomed