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“We get about an average of 50 animals per day as an organization throughout the summer,” said Michael Lovien, director of ARL shelter operations. ALTOONA, Iowa — The Animal Rescue League of Iowa is the state’s largest nonprofit animal shelter,…

February162023

Animals

How to catch a swarm – advice from an expert beekeeper, Roger Patterson

A few weeks ago I listened into a zoom talk all about swarms by Roger Patterson. I last heard Roger speak in person almost a decade ago, back in 2012, when his talk was “Improve your bees and beekeeping –…

January232023

Animals

The arrival of the bees

A couple of months ago, I put a bait hive out in my garden. An empty National brood box, apart from a dark old brood comb pushed to one side and some lemongrass oil smeared on the walls. Then I…

January192023

Animals

A year in the bee garden –October

Summer came back in October – the word had reached her of the ‘backwinter’. The bees made the most of the ‘backsummer’. The hive entrance was too busy to put on mouseguards as foragers flew home with baskets of yellow…

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Iowa ARL: Surrender, don’t abandon animals this summer

How to catch a swarm – advice from an expert beekeeper, Roger Patterson

The arrival of the bees

A year in the bee garden –October