Victory Gardens for Bees

I just love this garden with its jewel toned flowers. It's a good grouping of plants for a bee garden, especially at this time of the ye...

Here is a photo-tour of community gardens along the railway track: Kitsilano, Cypress, and Maple. A bumble bee in a stunning delphinium. A f...

I always enjoy a stroll through the City Farmer garden in Kits. It's a little oasis in the city. It's interesting how far away the s...

Our last queen didn't make it, so we can assume that she was not accepted by the hive and perhaps balled to death. When I was out at UB...

I will be appearing at Colony Farm on Sunday as Madame Beespeaker. Here is a message from the event's creator and director: Hi There, Yo...

You are invited to drop by The Secret Lantern Society's Solstice Celebration tonight in Yaletown. I hear the Queen Bee will be there.

Maybe I'm just noticing a wider variety of bees, but this seems to be a good year for bee biodiversity in Vancouver. I was in my neighbo...