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@beekeepingwitch.bsky.social

Beekeeper, gardener, chicken whisperer, whippet mama, animal rescuer, science supporter.

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OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

OF THE EMPIRE We will be known as a culture that feared death and adored power, that tried to vanquish insecurity for the few and cared little for the penury of the many. We will be known as a culture that taught and rewarded the amassing of things, that spoke little if at all about the quality of life for people (other people), for dogs, for rivers. All the world, in our eyes, they will say, was a commodity. And they will say that this structure was held together politically, which it was, and they will say also that our politics was no more than an apparatus to accommodate the feelings of the heart, and that the heart, in those days, was small, and hard, and full of meanness.

From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this

10.03.2025 13:33 — 👍 8852    🔁 2806    💬 190    📌 154
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I love to see signs of deer visiting the property! Sadly my trail cams all shit the bed so I don't have any videos of their visit but they left a fair amount of clues for me to get an idea of their movements.

21.02.2025 00:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My second colony is much stronger, and the girls were pulling out their dead. Honeybees are very clean: they will only defecate outside the hive (unless sick), and they take every chance to clean up the bees that died over winter. #pinkskyPost

04.02.2025 17:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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We had a randomly mild day here in NE Ohio so I checked on my bees. 🐝 This colony has gone through all their honey and are up on the feeder so I gave them a top opening. Also topped up their sugar. #pinkskyPost

04.02.2025 17:21 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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