Tag: Ettamarie Peterson
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Ireland’s Beekeepers Are Saving Their Native Bees
By Ettamarie Peterson (Click on photos to enlarge) The first time I saw the native Irish honey bee flying in the light mist I knew the Irish beekeepers had a reason to work so hard to save the genetics of their native bee. I was at the Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations annual Summer course…
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A Fun Bee Removal
By: Ettamarie Peterson The call came from a contractor who had been hired to refurbish a very old barn up on our little Sonoma Mountain not far from where I live. He told me the barn was over a hundred years old and the owner wanted it to be around for another hundred years. His…