Follow a spring run through Welwyn Preserve, where a beekeeper discovers honeysuckle, Rugosa roses, black locust blossoms, and an unexpected gathering of honey bees along the shores of the Long Island Sound.
A rainy Memorial Day walk through the Tulip Tree Trail at the Nassau County Museum of Art leads to reflections on black locust nectar, tulip poplars, and the bees waiting for warmer days to return.
A cool gray walk along Shore Road became a meditation on shoreline landscapes, pollinators, public space, and what it means to care for the places we share.
Ten years into Backyard Bees markets, I still question how to set up the table. Not because of the soaps.Because of people. Do I group products by scent? By ingredient? By purpose? Do all the lavender things belong together? Should…
Discover bee-friendly seeds that are easy to grow and loved by pollinators. The Queen Bee shares her favorite beginner-friendly flower seeds for growing with confidence.
A spring walk through Glen Head, where purple flowers were everywhere—but the bees had other plans.
A single line about the sound of buzzing bees, buried in a war story, and why it stayed with me long after I closed the book.
We’re three weeks into spring 2026, but overnight temperatures are still dropping into the 20s, with frost warnings lingering. The bees are stressed—and as their keeper, so am I. Last week, I visited a bee yard in Glen Cove where…
I’ve never been to Wisconsin. And I’ve never harvested honey from wild bees. But I have read Little House in the Big Woods, the first of nine books in the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The series was…
A Walk With a Beekeeper Early Spring in Glen Head — March 2026 It wasn’t a long walk—just to the post office and a simple loop back home. The winds have been fierce, and the temperature read “42°F, feels like…
