Monthly Archives: June 2013

After losing most of my spring splits and swarms to a presumed pesticide incident (which I will write more about sometime), I found myself with a surplus of both hive boxes and drawn comb, and a need to fill those … Continue reading →

I wrote this on Facebook in response to a recent proposal to ban all GMO crops in Oregon, and thought it was worth posting here. ——————————————————— What bothers me is the powerful, irrational fear that grips some people upon any … Continue reading →

Here in our beloved America we have 2.4 million people in prison.  That’s about the population of Portland and all of its suburbs, or nearly one in 100.  Keeping someone in jail costs about $40,000 per year, which is about … Continue reading →