by Francisco G. Gómez Heading south on highway #2, you just pass the border of Aguadilla and you’ re in Aguada. You best be looking at the kilometer markers to your right as you quickly go along or you’ll miss marker km137, the entrance that takes you to Taínasoy Apiario. […]
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by Nicole Wines The early part of the winter of 2015 will be known as one of the warmest on record for the Northeast US, the temperate region where our gardens plots and other EcoCulture projects are currently located. The last few weeks have brought about a burst of color, […]
December Showers Bring…December Flowers?!
by Nicole Wines The Raíces Apiculture Initiative has been launched and we are gearing up for the spring season. We have been hard at work acquiring equipment, building beehives, educating ourselves, getting the word out, communicating with the people who reached out about getting involved and creating educational resources like […]
Getting to Know the Bees-Raíces Apiculture Resource Update 2/17/14
by Francisco G. Gómez There are many reasons why people fear bees and they are all valid. This fear is called melissophobia as coined by the Greeks, but is also known as Apiphobia. At the top of the list is the fear of being stung. Anyone who has experienced being […]
Melissophobia – Dealing with the fear of Bees
by Francisco G. Gómez I just read an article about a bee keeper up in Canada that lost 37 million honey bees in a few short weeks, after GMO corn was planted not too far from his farm. That’s equivalent to about 600 bee hives. ARTICLE: Colony Collapse Tied to […]