Pay The Farmer or Pay the Hospital

Posted by on Oct 4, 2010 in Media, Video | 0 comments This is a little off topic from what we usually talk about, but it is definitely related to our philosophy here at SFA. Gord sent me a link today about an 11year old boy in the states giving a 5 minute talk about the industrial food system. I enjoyed the video and thought he made some very good points. And I absolutely love the quote from his talk: “We can pay the farmer or we can pay the...
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Video test

Posted by on Jun 6, 2010 in Beeyard, Video | 0 comments I picked up a digital video camera this week and after a bit of testing hope to put it to good use documenting more of the life of the hive. This was the activity at the entrance to one hive yesterday afternoon: http://www.vimeo.com/12343616
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Lots of winged activity

Posted by on May 25, 2009 in Beeyard, Video | 0 comments When Greg and Suzette checked one of the re-queened hives, Philip and I took a good look at the Simcoe hives and they’re working away nicely. Generally, the first thing we do when we arrive at a yard is to walk about and assess the exterior activity at the hives. Comings and goings can tell you a lot about the health of a colony: lots of flying is excellent, bees clustering on the outside...
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Rick Mercer on bees

Posted by on Dec 3, 2008 in Media, Video | 0 comments This ran on the Rick Mercer Report in October, but I wasn’t able to get the video until now.
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