Bees are just bugs after all
Though I never thought of myself as a bug basher, I certainly had no clue I could become so enamored with the honey bee. Five years ago I was interested enough to go to a bee conference that offered a beekeeping 101 introduction. Mystified by all the lingo pertaining to bees, I felt like I had entered a different reality; supers smaller than brood boxes, drones bigger than workers, queens capable of laying a million eggs in her lifetime, yet she only mates once. Astounding. It propelled me forward into the beekeepers universe where I learned just how fascinating these little bugs can be.
I had many questions and moments of confusion when I first started. It was one of the reason I decided to create a beekeeping calendar. Many of the questions I faced are illustrated in the calendar starting with the most basic information about the difference in a queen, worker and drone honey bee. Each month corresponds to what a beekeeper might be thinking about or working with. And the creme-d-la-creme is the table I put together about treatments for bee ailments. It sorts out the chemical name from the product name, the hard treatments from the soft treatments from the mechanical treatments. This chart may be the most useful information to any beekeeper new or experienced.
I hope you find the calendar informative as well as pleasing to the eye. When your friends and family see it, you can launch into whatever diatribe you may have about honeybees and how incredible they are! - MJ Oresik
I had many questions and moments of confusion when I first started. It was one of the reason I decided to create a beekeeping calendar. Many of the questions I faced are illustrated in the calendar starting with the most basic information about the difference in a queen, worker and drone honey bee. Each month corresponds to what a beekeeper might be thinking about or working with. And the creme-d-la-creme is the table I put together about treatments for bee ailments. It sorts out the chemical name from the product name, the hard treatments from the soft treatments from the mechanical treatments. This chart may be the most useful information to any beekeeper new or experienced.
I hope you find the calendar informative as well as pleasing to the eye. When your friends and family see it, you can launch into whatever diatribe you may have about honeybees and how incredible they are! - MJ Oresik
