Comments on: Communing with the Honeybees http://www.recipesfortrouble.com/2007/07/communing-with-the-honeybees/ A world of food stories, culinary memories, and ingredients queerly political. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:14:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Lori W. http://www.recipesfortrouble.com/2007/07/communing-with-the-honeybees/#comment-576 Lori W. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:22:44 +0000 http://recipesfortrouble.com/2007/07/communing-with-the-honeybees/#comment-576 Well Marusya, The sun is out again and the bees are out in full force in Vancouver. The city workers however, are not so active. They are on strike and the Gardens are closed, along with the city swimming pools and community centres. So the bees have the gardens all to themselves without being pestered by messages from nosy performance artists. Sandi, I am fascinated by your bee anecdote. I've been wondering if feeding the bees sugar water over the winter doesn't weaken their immune systems as well. Pot ash you say? Here in Vancouver, the bees just have pot nectar. Well Marusya,
The sun is out again and the bees are out in full force in Vancouver. The city workers however, are not so active. They are on strike and the Gardens are closed, along with the city swimming pools and community centres. So the bees have the gardens all to themselves without being pestered by messages from nosy performance artists.

Sandi, I am fascinated by your bee anecdote. I’ve been wondering if feeding the bees sugar water over the winter doesn’t weaken their immune systems as well. Pot ash you say? Here in Vancouver, the bees just have pot nectar.

]]> By: Sandi Rapini http://www.recipesfortrouble.com/2007/07/communing-with-the-honeybees/#comment-574 Sandi Rapini Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:19:23 +0000 http://recipesfortrouble.com/2007/07/communing-with-the-honeybees/#comment-574 Hi Marusya, I like these post script challenges. In 1976 I and my buddy Robin, worked the icecream and cheese counter at the Good Morning Dairy Bar (next to the old Life Stream at Burrard and 4th in Vancouver). Of course we felt obliged to taste everything and ask lots of questions in order to appear knowledgeable and good at our jobs. There were many locally produced products. Stormy Monday's honey sweetened organic carob & goat milk ice cream, which was the most creamy, dreamy, divine concotion, never lasted long in the freezer. In the spirit of really knowing all about the icecream, we arranged an excursion to meet the goats that made the milk etc...we took lots of photos of the curious kids and hung them at work. Then there was Mrs.Coutt's prize winning honey. It was blond, densely chewy and strangely not so sweet. I asked her one day why it was so different. She explained that she didn't feed her bees sugar water or anti-biotics and that the reduced sweetness also had to do with leaving in the propolis, royal jelly and pollen. Her bees were very healthy and their honey had a notable pot ash content because of it. Hi Marusya,

I like these post script challenges.

In 1976 I and my buddy Robin, worked the icecream and cheese counter at the Good Morning Dairy Bar (next to the old Life Stream at Burrard and 4th in Vancouver). Of course we felt obliged to taste everything and ask lots of questions in order to appear knowledgeable and good at our jobs. There were many locally produced products. Stormy Monday’s honey sweetened organic carob & goat milk ice cream, which was the most creamy, dreamy, divine concotion, never lasted long in the freezer. In the spirit of really knowing all about the icecream, we arranged an excursion to meet the goats that made the milk etc…we took lots of photos of the curious kids and hung them at work.

Then there was Mrs.Coutt’s prize winning honey. It was blond, densely chewy and strangely not so sweet. I asked her one day why it was so different. She explained that she didn’t feed her bees sugar water or anti-biotics and that the reduced sweetness also had to do with leaving in the propolis, royal jelly and pollen. Her bees were very healthy and their honey had a notable pot ash content because of it.

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