interviews with beekeepers Archives - The Walrus and the Honeybee

Beautiful World

I am excited that my book is currently with the talented Lucy at Carnegie Publishing. She is working on the

There are many things in beekeeping which cause furious debate. One part of this, which this demonstrated below, is that

Obsessions If you asked somebody that knows me well to describe me, they would probably mention my obsessions. I’ve had

Beekeeping is Local Maybe I am naive or just positive and optimistic, but I’m sure that to many people I

People and Personalities I like to think of myself as a friendly easy-going chap, although family members might point out

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