Mike Palmer Archives - The Walrus and the Honeybee

Pragmatism or Xenophobia?

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

I noticed that Vermont beekeeper Mike Palmer has now got a website, so here are some notes from my visit

Gosh, I’ve been running around like a blue-arsed fly, a headless chicken, a striped ass ape…[insert favourite metaphor here]…which is

How to prevent swarming? I previously wrote about some potential factors involved in the swarming of honey bees and why

There is an ancient symbiotic relationship between the walrus and the honeybee. We have all heard the expression, “float like

I’m back home in Blighty after a wonderful stay in Vermont, a very pretty corner of the USA near the

I shouldn’t be surprised by this; trying to interview busy beekeepers in the middle of the beekeeping season is almost