Bull Snake in a Subaru
By: Ed Colby Walking down the path to the river the other evening, I almost tripped over a big bull snake. Mottled brown and…
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Bottom Board-A Pathetic Bee Beard
By: Ed Colby I’ve never been able to grow a beard, even a bee beard. And 10,000 honey bees dangling off your chin and…
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By: Ed Colby That gal Marilyn said, “I have a lot of nice thrift store clothes, but we never go anywhere, so I never…
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A Run of Bad Luck By: Ed Colby It’s mid-April as I write, and in my semi-retired beekeeper life, seemingly nothing is going according…
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Time Travel By: Ed Colby The road to my billionaire’s bees was buried in nearly a foot of snow, virgin but for a couple…
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Our Bobcat By: Ed Colby Up the road at the nudie hot springs, the mercury hovers in the ‘teens. Shafts of early morning sunlight…
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Lessons of 2022 By: Ed Colby Oh, fun time!” my cheerful pharmacist laughed when I informed her of my impending colonoscopy. For those of…
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A Nice Way to Put It Ed Colby I only have to utter the magic words “climate change” in one of my columns, and…
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The IRS By: Ed Colby At 6 o’clock this morning on our way fishing, Paul was all lit up. When he tried to pick…
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Ed Colby Just when you think you have your bees all figured out, the little darlings will laugh at you and prove you so…
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Ed Colby A Honey Mix-up It’s August as I write, not the Fourth of July, but you should have seen and heard the fireworks…
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A Persistent Bear Ed Colby That bear keeps coming around. She hasn’t gotten past the fence around the bee yard, yet. But she’s intrigued….
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My ski patrol boss Art said, “So your talk tonight is on the history of bees?” “It’s on pesticides and bees,” I said. “That…
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Ed Colby Why don’t you just send all your bees to California for the almonds,” Marilyn wondered. “Then you’d have the Winter off.” Maybe…
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Keeping Her Happy By: Ed Colby Ski patrolling on Aspen Mountain remains a dream job, especially for someone half my age. I’m not the…
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A Big Dilemma By: Ed Colby Cats are a dime a dozen, until you need one. Mice rule the barn where I store my…
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An Amish Snowboarder By: Ed Colby My gal Marilyn is such a schemer. I told her, “The Medina County beekeepers want to fly me…
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