Benjamin's Bee Boxes

05/19/2021

07/05/2016

Time for bat houses, Benjamin... Our little airborne friends can play a vital role in local ecosystems. Time to get building! http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/nyregion/devouring-1000-mosquitoes-an-hour-bats-are-now-welcome-guests-as-zika-fears-rise.html?_r=0

Concerns that the Zika and West Nile viruses could be spread by local mosquitoes have prompted a Long Island town to build bat houses.

08/01/2015

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/node/1032

04/09/2015

Our bees swarmed today!

03/26/2015

http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/05/13/183704091/what-is-it-about-bees-and-hexagons

Bees could build flat honeycombs from just three shapes: squares, triangles or hexagons. But for some reason, bees choose hexagons. Always "perfect" hexagons. Why?

02/04/2015

Who would have thought that the hive had room for social mobility?

05/23/2014

Happy news from beeland. Bees need habitat, such as flowers. You can help by planting native flowers (and introducing native bees). It worked in the UK...

A species of bee declared extinct in the UK almost 30 years ago is flying again – thanks in part to the efforts of farmers…

05/19/2014

Salvageworks has 7 hives left from my limited run of 10 top bar boxes this year. Extra thick walls , all reclaimed Doug fir. $400.00 each

05/19/2014

For years, environmentalists have been blaming nicotine-derived insecticides for colony collapse disorder, and the coming breakdown of the global economy. Chengshen Lu's second report shows that they'…

05/07/2014

Getting closer to the smoking gun? The weapon might be close to home; sold at Home Depot, Lowe's and other hardware stores... http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/03/bayer-pesticide-bees-studies

And pressure mounts for the EPA to do something about it.

04/09/2014

Big pharma vs. the bees. There's a lot of money in them thar pesticides. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/pesticide-lobby-bees_n_2980870.html?

WASHINGTON -- The chemical pesticide lobby is waging a multi-million dollar battle to prevent regulation of chemicals linked to the dramatic escalation in the deaths of pollinating bees over the past year. CropLife America, the trade association that represents more than 90 of the world's biggest ag...