Image by hdes.copeland Charleston, SC. 167 Ashley Avenue., Porter Military Academy, site of the former US Arsenal in Charleston. Historic American Buildings Survey, or HABS, photo by Louis Schwartz, taken c.1963. Louis Schwartz was a professional photographer with the editorial staff of both Charleston daily newspapers at the time, the Charleston Evening Post and the […]
Continue reading …Image by rjnagle At Olya’s dacha, her father raises bees as a side business. Here he demonstrates how to retrieve the honey from the honey combs. Question by : How do you raise a baby turtle? i would like to own a turtle, preferably a tiny one. i think thoes are snapping turtles? im not […]
Continue reading …Image by mtsofan He said his son-in-law raises bees. This gift comes from his family. Little did he know, I was admiring the color! Question by Nike: The Secret Life of Bees and The Color of Water? Please help me come up with examples from the two books of one more similarity between Ruth/Rachel/Mommy and […]
Continue reading …Image by mtsofan He said his son-in-law raises bees. This gift comes from his family. Little did he know, I was admiring the color! Question by Nike: The Secret Life of Bees and The Color of Water? Please help me come up with examples from the two books of one more similarity between Ruth/Rachel/Mommy and […]
Continue reading …Image by willapalens Orchard Mason Bee on Evergreen Huckleberry. Even though I prepare nest blocks for this bee I’m not positive of my ID at the species level. I raise them for pollenators around fruit trees and garden. Question by slo3896: Is Bernard the “Bee Boy” real? my brothers says the boy raised by bees […]
Continue reading …Image by net_efekt Raw honey combs, before they get inserted into the hive. A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the genus live and raise their young. Natural beehives (typically referred to simply as "nests") are naturally occurring structures occupied by honey bee colonies, while domesticated honey bees live […]
Continue reading …Image by zen After I read Tom Brown, Jr’s account of petting bumblebees, and his subsequent swollen finger and pride, I had to try this for myself. Actually, I first tried butterflies, and the principle is the same, just the worst a butterfly can do to you is to flutter off in a huff. Late […]
Continue reading …Image by mlhradio Berclair School, Bee County, Texas. In an open field in front of the Berclair Mansion sits an abandoned schoolhouse, filled with faded and broken memories of decades past. If there is one thing I have learned about Texas, it’s that Texas is filled with abandoned schoolhouses. I’ve run across all sorts of […]
Continue reading …Question by crazzykidd24: Can someone figure out the theme for this poem? Title Immortal Author Untermeyer, Louis (1885–1977) Death cannot keep me; even when the dry Earth holds me warm, a rose-bush at my head. I shall not be content to loaf and lie Inactive in that strait and slothful bed. For soon the happy […]
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