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Author Archives: dni
Spaghetti Hot Dog
Inspired by a post from the folks at Thumbtack Press we set out to make the fabled Spaghetti Hot Dog. Success!
Tim Thomas Removes All Doubt
“It’s better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open’s one mouth and remove all doubt.” – Quote attributed to both Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln. Thomas statement on White House absence http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=613279 Tim Thomas put himself above … Continue reading
Airlines are not very good at math, are they?
Dopey United. I arrived early and they wanted to charge me $75 to get on an earlier flight that had space. So I read the paper for 45 minutes instead. Now they are offering me $400 not get onto my … Continue reading
If Gerhard Richter Celebrated Chanukah….
If Gerhard Richter Celebrated Chanukah…. Perhaps it would look like this at his house: Scratching your head on the reference? Here are a few clues 1 2 3 4
Steve Jobs Dead at 56
A Yahrtziet Candle in his honor. NY Times: Apple’s Visionary Redefined Digital Age http://apple.com/stevejobs/
Dan Levitt is a Terrific Baseball Writer
I recently read the book “Paths to Glory, How Great Baseball Teams Got That Way” by Daniel Levitt, a Minneapolis-based baseball scholar (and real estate developer) and Mark Armour (happily, a Red Sox fan) and it was really quite interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Book Review, Dan Levitt, How Great Baseball Teams Got That Way, Mark Armour, Paths to Glory
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It’s a Tape Dispenser – Get it?
Love the use of the iconic cassette tape form as a scotch tape dispenser on this product. The Philips Company of the Netherlands invented and released the first compact audio-cassette in 1962. Makes me remember with great fondness the days … Continue reading
First Swarm of the Season Captured
Got a call yesterday via the Maine State Beekeepers Association Swarm Team Hotline: (207) 619-4BEE for a local swarm and went to grab it at dusk with my friend JCF. Thank goodness the homeowners gave us a shout as they … Continue reading
Taylor’s Aerosol Hive Bomb
How about this for a wacky beekeeping product idea: Taylor’s Aerosol Hive Bomb ”The Push-Button Bee Smoker”? An aerosol can with fake smoke to calm your hives down before inspecting. Well, it is real. It was manufactured for Dadant & Sons … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosol, Bee Smoker, beekeeping, Dadant & Sons, honeybee
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A couple of takes on: Mitt Romney Nears Presidential Run, Commits Design Crime
Really enjoyed this link that my friend KPP sent on the new Romney for president logo. Two things struck me. First, when the goal is trying to please everybody, the end result is almost always milquetoast – and this logo … Continue reading
Finson Farm Honey at Ten Apple Farm
Finson Farm Honey has made an appearance on the Ten Apple Farm blog. http://livingwithgoats.com/wordpress/?p=1129 We hope to try their apples one of these days (their goat cheese is divine).
Removing bee stings – speed matters, method doesn’t
from: http://bees.ucr.edu/stings.html (expanded from an article published 1996 in The Lancet 348:301-302) Summary Background Conventional advice on immediate treatment of honey bee stings has emphasized that the sting should be scraped off, never pinched. The morphology of the sting suggested no … Continue reading
Lola’s Taqueria on the Mall in Brunswick, Maine
Brunswick Maine is really becoming quite the regional food hub. There is another new place on the Mall – Lola’s Taqueria. They serve Burritos, Tacos, and Quesadillas. I had a very tasty veggy burrito (“The Big V”, they call it). … Continue reading
Removing Bees from a House
Some very nice folks in Brunswick had some bees in their house (see previous post). So the Cumberland County Beekeepers came to the rescue by turning it into a learning opportunity and holding a Bee Removal Workshop. Master Beekeeper … Continue reading
Posted in beekeeping
Tagged beekeeping, bees, Cumberland County Beekeepers, honeybee, Overland Apiaries, removal, swarm, wasp
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Deceptive Swarm of Bees
Went to snag a swarm of bees at lunchtime today. Climbed up a ladder, sprayed the huge ball of bees with sugar water and deftly scraped them into a box that had ventilation screens duct-taped over the hand holes. Thought … Continue reading
The QR Code for this website
A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response”, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high … Continue reading
The Bees are Back in Town
It was the first time looking at the bees since November. Good news and bad news. The good news is that 4 of the colonies are doing great. Below is an image of one of the Nucs that wintered on … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, bees, farm, hive, honey, honeybee, Overland Apiaries, winter
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Be good to your bees; they can recognize you!
Bees Can Recognize Human Faces http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=bees-can-recognize-human-faces-10-02-01
First known color photo of the Beatles (1957!)
Found it here: http://benfungtorrez.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/first-known-color-photo-of-the-beatles-super-cool/