Adventures of a Honey Bee Veterinarian
We left off on our monarch adventure with a 5th instar caterpillar in a J-hang position ready to head into the next phase of his or her life cycle. You can read about how I started on this journey of raising monarchs in Part 1 of the series (https://doctorb.blog/2019/08/06/raising-monarchs-part-1/) and the first two life stages... Continue Reading →
I have had the monarchs for a little over a week and to say the change in them has been huge would be an understatement! (to read about what got me into this project and why monarchs are important click here: https://doctorb.blog/2019/08/06/raising-monarchs-part-1/). Every morning, after my cup of coffee is ready, I go out on... Continue Reading →
In honour of the little cats munching away in my dad's vase on my back porch I decided the featured flower for this week should be none other than the milkweed! (To read about the start of my monarch adventures you can read my post https://doctorb.blog/2019/08/06/raising-monarchs-part-1/). There are actually 14 different species of milkweed that... Continue Reading →
Last weekend I received a message from a woman in my town, who may just be as passionate as I am when it comes to protecting our pollinators. She wanted to know if I would be interested in raising monarchs. Ummm - yeah! Count me in! This is something she has been doing for years,... Continue Reading →
The other week my boys took me on a tour of a local, privately owned, botanical garden. It had actually been my mother's day gift but life is so busy right now that we hadn't had the time to go until the end of July. The gardens were beautiful - 20 acres that included an... Continue Reading →
