Year: 2010

A close look at tulip poplar flowers

Yesterday, I noticed that there was a nice tree with many flowers low enough next to the MSU Dairy Store…. read more A close look at tulip poplar flowers

Catching a swarm

I got my first swarm call yesterday. Since I paid $70 each for a 3 lb package, I decided to… read more Catching a swarm

Getting gmirror to work

here are steps: those followed by “queen#” are the things I typed… the rest are computer responses. gmirror is a… read more Getting gmirror to work

Many maples and one bee

Most photos taken Saturday, 4/3/2010, Okemos, Michigan. Others taken earlier are noted. Saturday afternoon, my wife took me to Walmart…. read more Many maples and one bee

The cyber side of cyberbee

The current hardware for running cyberbee.net, you will be surprised to find out: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (950.04-MHz 686-class CPU)… read more The cyber side of cyberbee

Bees worth a billion $ in Michigan

Importance of honey bees to Michigan agriculture Zachary Huang, MSU URL of this article: http://bees.msu.edu/2010/03/bees-worth-a-billion-in-michigan/ The Western honey bee Apis… read more Bees worth a billion $ in Michigan

First bees of 2010

It has been nice the last couple of days (if you are in Michigan, over 55F is nice and “warm!”)…. read more First bees of 2010

Stopping hackers using denyhosts

I was supposed to be preparing for my talk for tomorrow at the SEMBA meeting, but then I saw these… read more Stopping hackers using denyhosts