Adventures of a Honey Bee Veterinarian
Or more specifically my bees have been. It is an unpleasant part of keeping bees - the fact that although fascinating and amazing creatures that can be a pure joy to watch toil away, there is indeed a dark and sinister undercurrent to the colony. Okay that might be a bit dramatic but let me... Continue Reading →
One thing that I have learned so far with beekeeping is that the bees, and a good beekeeper, always need to be thinking of and preparing for the season to come. And so even though it is August, and still hot as blazes outside, my bees are busy building comb and storing as much honey... Continue Reading →
Yesterday - August 17th - was National Honey Bee Day. Okay this is in the USA but, hey, I think honey bees are worth celebrating so I'm considering it a day here in Canada too! So with that in mind I packed up the 3 kids for a day of honey bee adventuring. And how... Continue Reading →
Another week flew by like a high speed bullet train. I can feel it - the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, summer is winding down. But another week gone by meant I could get out and check my hive again - something that I find myself really looking forward to as... Continue Reading →
I went yesterday afternoon to check on my hive - my feelings were a mixture of excitement and trepidation as August kicks into full swing and the clock ticks down on ensuring my colony is strong enough to survive the winter. So as we pulled up on the lawn beside my hive I was relieved... Continue Reading →
Last night at dinner time my 5 year old said "Hey Google, set a timer for 3 gagillion-billion-million-and-28 milliseconds". Well apparently Google knows what a gagillion is and at 2:03 am the timer went off. Thanks Google - I don't need to sleep anyways. I used the time, laying awake as the house slept soundly,... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was a unicorn day - a rare and magical moment in time when all 3 of my kids played together in peace ALL DAY. There was no arguing on what to play; no shouts of "Mom!" or "that's not fair"; they simply moved from one activity to the next in a fluid motion with... Continue Reading →
I love reading - always have. There is so much you can learn from reading, so many places you can go. But sometimes there comes a point when you just have to do it. Dive in and learn from trial and error, the school of hard knocks, experiences. Because somethings - like staying calm as... Continue Reading →
Hello! My name is Dr. Britteny Kyle and I am a veterinarian with a special interest in honey bees, a mother of 3 awesome boys, and now a blogger! So how did I get here? I graduated in 2009 from the Ontario Veterinary College and entered small animal medicine in a busy 24 hour clinic... Continue Reading →
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