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About "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

I love beetles, flies, and spiders! In my free time, I enjoy photography (mostly bugs) and documenting insect species found on San Juan Island. If you have a bug question, feel free to contact me at cynthiabrast@icloud.com Member Entomological Society of America, Scarab Society, and admin for Facebook Social Media Groups, Pacific Northwest Bugs and Bugs of the San Juan Islands

May 14, 2012 Hive Check

Posted on May 15, 2012 by "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

May 15, 2012 Yesterday I decided to tackle some of my beekeeping “stuff” that I’d been putting off.  I saw that it was going to be a nice warm day and needed to look in my beehive and make sure … Continue reading →

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Today’s Daily “Bumble!”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

(Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee or Bombus vosnesenskii) (Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee or Bombus vosnesenskii) My walk yesterday left me pondering some things about the Bumble Bee.  As I took a slow hike up the Young Hill Trail at San Juan Island National Historical Park, … Continue reading →

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Bumble bees are important pollinators too!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

                                Bombus mixtus ~ San Juan Island, WA                                   … Continue reading →

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Tattered Wings

Posted on May 13, 2012 by "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

  As I sat in front of my beehive taking photos this afternoon, I had a kafka-esque moment wishing I could enter the queen’s domain, compelling me to shrink myself into a tiny, winged molecule of this superorganism.  The activity … Continue reading →

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May 5, 2012 ~ This Morning’s Rescues

Posted on May 5, 2012 by "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

May 5, 2012: This morning’s rescues… I check my hive in the a.m. for any little bees that might have not quite made it back into the hive the night before. Sometimes they get back late and can have trouble … Continue reading →

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Yard and Garden Products Can ‘Bee’ Harmful

Posted on May 1, 2012 by "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

Yard and Garden Products Can ‘Bee’ Harmful

Here’s my editorial in the San Juan Journal….

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More Weather Delays!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

I was really hoping to be able to get into the hive today.  The weather has been my most uncooperative friend and I am sure my little bees are not happy with with the overcast skies and chill in the … Continue reading →

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Housekeeping!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

Housekeeping!

cleaning house means carrying debris up to 40 yards out of the hive!

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My letter to the editor today…Yes, bees are affected by products we use in our yards and gardens!

Posted on April 26, 2012 by "BUGGING" YOU FROM San Juan Island

Ongoing reliance on pesticides and herbicides has created serious implications for terrestrial and marine habitats.  Many of us are aware of these implications and conscientious of the need to make changes.  Today, the urgency for these changes became personal to … Continue reading →

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I was planning on checking my hive yesterday.  It has been ten days since I opened it up to see if my queen had been accepted by the colony and released from her cage.    If you are unfamiliar with how … Continue reading →

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