Any Beekeepers? - BoomerWomenSpeak.com - Baby Boomer Women Community

You are not logged in. [Log In] Boomer Women Speak » Forums » Social » Enjoyable Hobbies » Any Beekeepers?

Site Links

Who's Online

0 Registered (), 161 Guests and 0 Spiders online.

Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod

Forum Stats

3239 Members
63 Forums
16332 Topics
210704 Posts

Max Online: 658 @ 11/09/24 04:15 PM

Page 5 of 6

Topic Options

#216539 - 02/26/12 08:53 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: jabber]
Anne Holmes Boomer in Chief Registered: 03/11/10 Posts: 3212 Loc: Illinois	Agreed with regard to not overdoing. My mother's family owned a brewery. So as a family we've been trained not to "overdo" all our lives. It was always important for the family to show that one can enjoy beer without overindulging. These days the lakeside land where the brewery once stood is home to condos, and my cousin is still selling beer, but it's no longer brewed in Madison. Anne _________________________ Boomer in Chief of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com www.boomerlifestyle.com www.boomerco.com
Top

#216540 - 02/27/12 03:48 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: Anne Holmes]
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	I have family who own a bar not far here, too. But it isn't a wild establishment or anything. It's in a nice part of town and they're like the backbone of the community. I still think that wine tasting idea would be fun. _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
Top

#216545 - 02/28/12 03:37 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: jabber]
Anne Holmes Boomer in Chief Registered: 03/11/10 Posts: 3212 Loc: Illinois	I agree. I haven't done any of the local winery tours, but I have a fond memory of visiting the Wollersheim Winery south of Madison about 20 years ago. I'm sure wineries could have some fun with the tours. Here's a Legend of the Old Soaked Oak that's apparently told at a winery in Napa Valley. I swear I heard a similar story at a winery in Wisconsin. Not sure if it was at Wollersheim or one in Door County. But in the story I heard, they showed us tourists a tree stump with red rings several inches in from the edge. Told us the red coloration came from the wine... LOL! _________________________ Boomer in Chief of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com www.boomerlifestyle.com www.boomerco.com
Top

#216617 - 03/09/12 12:19 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: Anne Holmes]
yonuh Member Registered: 06/14/06 Posts: 2447 Loc: Arizona	Here's an interesting article from Wired magazine: Bees have personalities Edited by yonuh (03/09/12 12:20 PM) _________________________ Well-behaved women rarely make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich http://ruthrainwater.wordpress.com/ http://newbeginningsgratitudejournal.wordpress.com/ http://sablewings.wordpress.com/
Top

#216626 - 03/10/12 07:25 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: yonuh]
jabber Member Registered: 02/17/05 Posts: 10032 Loc: New York State	Hi yonuh, I tried reading that link you have there; but Bees are not my favorite thing. So I'm not hanging around to figure out if they have nice personalities. LOL... _________________________ https://www.amazon.com/author/bonnie.mill-lemke https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/bookshelf
Top

#216937 - 04/11/12 03:51 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: Dee]
Anne Holmes Boomer in Chief Registered: 03/11/10 Posts: 3212 Loc: Illinois	Dee, I just read about a toxin that's harmful for bees, Specifically what I read said: Quote: A new class of pesticides that are nicotine-based: neonicotinoids ; also called: imidacloprid, acetamiprid, clothianidin, nitenpyram, thiacloprid, and thiamethoxam can create lethal and sub-lethal effects on bees. The EPA identifies two specific neonicotinoids, imidacloprid and clothianidin, as highly toxic to bees. Both chemicals cause symptoms in bees such as memory loss, navigation disruption, paralysis and death. So I wanted to know of you had heard of this, if the information is accurate, and share this article from the venerable ol' Mother Earth News. Apparently there's a petition going around on change.org to get the pesticide banned. Thought you would like to know. Apparently they need 50,000 signatures to have the needed impact. _________________________ Boomer in Chief of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com www.boomerlifestyle.com www.boomerco.com
Top

#216938 - 04/11/12 05:58 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: Anne Holmes]
yonuh Member Registered: 06/14/06 Posts: 2447 Loc: Arizona	I saw that somewhere else, too, Anne. I'll have to find it. _________________________ Well-behaved women rarely make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich http://ruthrainwater.wordpress.com/ http://newbeginningsgratitudejournal.wordpress.com/ http://sablewings.wordpress.com/
Top

#216939 - 04/11/12 06:06 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: yonuh]
yonuh Member Registered: 06/14/06 Posts: 2447 Loc: Arizona	http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technolo...inoids-ban.html The neonicotinoids were banned in Italy, which then had a resurgence in bees and a sharp decline in CCD. _________________________ Well-behaved women rarely make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich http://ruthrainwater.wordpress.com/ http://newbeginningsgratitudejournal.wordpress.com/ http://sablewings.wordpress.com/
Top

#216940 - 04/11/12 06:13 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: yonuh]
yonuh Member Registered: 06/14/06 Posts: 2447 Loc: Arizona	Here's another article that suggests it has been known for a number of years that this class of pesticides is killing bees: http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=1958&category=Environment _________________________ Well-behaved women rarely make history. - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich http://ruthrainwater.wordpress.com/ http://newbeginningsgratitudejournal.wordpress.com/ http://sablewings.wordpress.com/
Top

#217328 - 06/08/12 02:02 PM Re: Any Beekeepers? [Re: chatty lady]
Anne Holmes Boomer in Chief Registered: 03/11/10 Posts: 3212 Loc: Illinois	To all the beekeepers in this forum: I saw this article about beekeeping, and I just had to share. I was intrigued that the author got involved in beekeeping because the bees don't need daily attention - which meant she could go on vacation now and then! Here's the link. Also in the article is this link to the Metro Atlanta Beekeeper's Association which contains a whole "hive" worth of beekeeping stories from their members. _________________________ Boomer in Chief of Boomer Women Speak and the National Association of Baby Boomer Women. www.nabbw.com www.boomerwomenspeak.com www.boomerlifestyle.com www.boomerco.com
Top

Page 5 of 6

Previous Topic

Index

Next Topic

Hop to:

Boomer Women Speak
9672 W US Highway 20, Galena, IL 61036 • info@boomerwomenspeak.com • 1-877-BOOMERZ

Boomer Women Speak cannot be held accountable for any personal relationships or meetings face-to-face that develop because of interaction with the forums. In addition, we cannot be held accountable for any information posted in Boomer Women Speak forums.

Boomer Women Speak does not represent or endorse the reliability of any information or offers in connection with advertisements,
articles or other information displayed on our site. Please do your own due diligence when viewing our information.

Privacy Policy • Terms of Use • Disclaimer

Copyright 2002-2019 • Boomer Women Speak • BoomerCo Inc. • All rights reserved