Squash plants have separate male and female flowers on the same plant. Bees must transfer the pollen from the male flowers to the female. Don’t use insecticides in the garden or you will risk killing off your pollinators. If you don’t have bees, you can hand-transfer pollen with a sm...
How to Install Package Bees 1. Install the package in the evening or early morning when the weather is cool (40°F-50°F). Do not use smoke when installing packages. 2. Remove four frames in the center of the hive body. 3. Spray the package liberally with Pro Sweet, 1:1 water/sug...
If you must keep the pollen patties for a while before use, just wrap in plastic. The sugar and water mixture feels like wet sand. Ignore the spatula and just use your hands to mix. First I put in the wooden board, followed by part of the sugar and the pollen patties. ...
Naturally, many Americans will be planning to stay home and restrict dining out, so we can expect to see plenty of empty restaurants, but delivery drivers are not the salvation — rather, they’re the pollen bees of the virus, as they fly from delivery to delivery, potentially spreading sic...
Grandmother taught me to select a grade of meat with enough fat to give it a good taste but still keep its size. I’d watch her push it through an old hand grinder and lovingly massage it into patties, never packing it too hard, before cooking it to medium rare. When the burgers rea...