Today I spent some time at the Texas State Fair working the ‘Bee Booth’ – lots of fun! We get to tell people about bees all day, and if you’ve ever asked me about my bees you know that isn’t hard for me to do. I really enjoy bees and...
Full-sibling matings force the rapid pairing of genes, so give either the best or the worst quality offspring. Some folks say if it works it’s linebreeding, if it doesn’t work it’s inbreeding. While it’s truly all inbreeding, my personal take...
When you’re working with honey bees you’ll have to feed them when there isn’t a honey flow to help keep them strong and ready for the next honey flow. Feeding is part of management. If you feed them before honey flow then you help get them ready to take full...
Today we picked up a rather large rabbit hutch along with two does and one buck. Unfortunately they are all related so we probably won’t do much in the way of breeding with them. We’re keeping them apart for the time being, as anyone knows rabbits reproduce rather...
This word is way overused today, not only with dogs, but with virtually all animals and children. The command isn’t bad, just overused. I recommend that when you need immediate adherence to a command train for the word “STOP”. Often animals become a...
