Three-Legged Dog Honey

04/10/2019

We're back!
Our son-in-law Rob Houston is starting up two new hives in Placitas NM and Ken will be mentoring him.
So look forward to more stories from this site over the coming summer.

06/07/2017

This site is no longer open.

06/10/2016

Well, folks, it's been fun but we're moving to the Southwest and retiring from Beekeeping. It's been a real blast. Keep your honey raw and your spirits high. Good bye.

05/16/2016

04/14/2016

wow---how cool is this?!

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Two bee hive boxes have been installed on the front lawn of the governor's mansion in Washington state advance of the arrival of abo

04/07/2016

Learn why bees need water, and keep our bees hydrated with this cheap and effective solution, without the risk of them drowning.

02/26/2016

From a sleep remedy to a healing salve, read how this natural, powerful antioxidant is a must-have in your home.

02/11/2016

Saint Gobnait is the patroness or saint of bees and bee keepers. February 11th is St. Gobnait’s feast day -the day the memorable life of Saint Gobnait is celebrated. Saint Gobnait founded a religious community for women, performed memorable – some say miraculous works, A tall statue of St. Gobnait that was erected in the 1950s stands near the monastic site in Bally-
vourney, Co. Cork, southwest Ireland (in photo). She appears with a nun’s habit standing on a bee hive surrounded by bees.

There are several legends recalling Gobnait forcing invaders and thieves out of Ballyvourney by setting swarms of bees upon them. See stained glass artwork representations of these events (in photo). It’s is believed that Gobnait had a close relationship with bees and used honey in healing efforts, as she is best known for her care of the sick.

She is one of the few Irish saints that is not only remembered in her native region, but has been proclaimed by the Irish bishops to be a national saint. There are shrines and places of devotion to St. Gobnait in all the places she is believed to have stopped on her journey - including Inis Oírr. But Ballyvourney, where she carried out most of her ministry, is the place that draws the greatest number of pilgrims devoted to this saint.

Bechbretha: an Old Irish law-tract on bee-keeping from the seventh century AD
(modern translation by ed. Thomas Charles-Edwards and Fergus Kelly - 1983)
Bechbretha ‘bee-judgements’ provides a detailed account of early Irish law relating to bee-keeping, and covers such topics as ownership of swarms [ According to Eva Crane the laws "display a detailed knowledge of the sequence of swarms that could issue from a colony in the course of the summer", listing 7 Welsh terms for the types of swarms, and 6 in Irish. (the world history of beekeeping and honey hunting)], theft of bee-hives, Caithchi Bech ‘trespass-penalties of bees’, and neighbours' entitlements to honey from a beekeeper. The author also refers to the law-case which resulted from the blinding by a bee-sting of the eye of the Ulster king Congal Cáech, who died in 637. On linguistic and historical grounds, the editors date this remarkably well-preserved text to the seventh century AD. This volume includes a description of the manuscripts, linguistic and legal introductions, an account of early Irish bee-keeping, a restored text with translation, and textual notes. The appendixes contain other Irish legal texts relating to bee-keeping, as well as Medieval Welsh legal material on this topic.

The Irish Beekeepers' Association was formed in 1881, April 21.

02/03/2016

01/28/2016

For the first time in more than a century, the Los Angeles City Council officially legalized urban beekeeping in single family homes in October 2015, catching up with cities like Santa Monica, New York, and Santa Barbara in permitting backyard beekeeping.

01/20/2016

Bees have been rapidly and mysteriously disappearing from rural areas, with grave implications for agriculture. But bees seem to flourish in urban environments -- and cities need their help, too. Noah Wilson-Rich suggests that urban beekeeping might play a role in revitalizing both a city and a spec…

01/19/2016

Good for you

The rocker’s backyard beehive boasts 200,000 insects in an effort to revive honeybee populations.