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		<title>New Bees 2025</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A swarm of honey bees has decided to move into one of our empty Warré hives at Barbolian Fields. Thoughts about honey bees and native pollinators. Is there room for both?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bee Swarm Saga</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2014 06:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a true tale of honeybee determination, courage, against-all-odds survival, instinct over reason, fate, and loyalty to the point of willing to give up one’s own life for the protection of one’s brethren. Also a few of my thoughts on bee intelligence.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Early Spring Blooms to Welcome the Bees</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2014 04:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[flowers & beeplants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beeplants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daffodil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dandelions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forsythia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[henbit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honeybees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pollen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Do you keep a record of what is bloom throughout the year? Since we started keeping bees, I have become much more aware of what is blooming when - particularly during those months on either end of the warm season, when the weather is unsettled and food for them can be scarce. Here is my current list.]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Worked &#8211; or NOT &#8211; in the 2013 Garden</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 21:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden-mistakes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gardening methods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[garlic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rainwater catchment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bees, bee plants, rainwater catchment, spiral gardens, scything, mulching, garlic, unusual fruits, perennial vegetables: here is what worked (or NOT) in our garden last year. Incorporating ideas for 2014….]]></description>
		
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		<title>Favorite Garden Photos of 2013</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Dec 2013 06:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The problem with getting a new camera for Christmas in 2012 was trying to sort through over 1000 garden photos! I see I am attracted to symmetry, contrast, and bees! Here are a few of my favorite shots, that STILL can't begin to capture the beauty and perfection of Mother Nature!]]></description>
		
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Do a Bee Walk</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[For Farm Tour Day, my friend, Sid, who runs Annie's Flower Farm, asked me to do a "Bee Walk." What is that? Something you make up as you go! We took a stroll through the gardens and kept a close eye out for honeybees, native pollinators, and even frogs. And why do some bees like some flowers and other pollinators prefer something different? And what can they tell us about how much we need one another?]]></description>
		
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		<title>What&#8217;s to Eat?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bee plants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dearth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fall flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fall plants]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Late summer can be a time of dearth, which can spell death for the bees. Most plants are producing fruit or seed. What is blooming now that provides nectar and pollen? And do your bees have access to water?]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Gentle Way to Install a Swarm</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[bees]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bee swarm installation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We were loading up a humongous potato salad for a Mother's Day feast when what's this? ANOTHER bee swarm! Our swarm boxes made this swarm catch &#038; installation so incredibly easy and gentle. No chaotic frenzy! When it comes to bees, I like that!]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Bee Saga Continues</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 17:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[…The bee saga continues…. Where did the swarm on the cedar go - in the bait box in the tree or in the hive on the ground?
And what's this? MORE excitement the morning after? Adventures in backyard beekeeping...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Swarm Alert!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We noticed the little cedar tree over by the beehives looked a bit odd yesterday - and as we got closer, we realized, Holey Moley! a swarm of bees was almost completely covering it! Now for the hard part: how to persuade them to move into our hive!]]></description>
		
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		<title>December Bees</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A sunny day in early December and the bees are out! Hooray! And even more amazing - they are finding pollen! But where? Should I feed them? Are they ready for winter?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Warre Beehive Update: Save the Queen!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A heroic effort on my part, as well as by the bees. We all had the same mission, really, to Save the Queen - we just had slightly different approaches, being as I was perceived as a smoke-breathing giant intent on raiding their hive! ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Warre Hives Set Up at Barbolian Fields</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A video and some close-up pictures on the Warre hives we built. If you are looking for something simple, inexpensive, and something that naturally lets the bees do what they instinctively do - this is it!]]></description>
		
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