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Peace

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:15:00 +0000

Thoughts of Trees

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:22:00 +0000

Trees, I hear them daily on my walks, and think how trite to think these thoughts, the conversation and the wisdom of trees. Why trite, it seems such a simple thought. Like almost all thoughts, certainly it has been thought by others walking in the forest for as long as forests and man have been on the surface of this planet together...Trees and forests, time, and the wisdom that comes from watching and experience.

I think Tolkien said it best in his characters the Ents and their Entwives. There it was; the nature of time, of man, of woman, of order, of chaos, of old growth and mold, and rugged, and spring, and happy gardens, all in these characters he had conjured up. My mother told me of these books when I was little. I remember when they were first released in the United States. I would have ordered a copy months before. We would have been at the bookstore five times or more getting books for her, and always the Tolkien volume would not be there. Not yet, and then, I would have the book in hand and I would rush home and devour it. As fast as I could, in bed and reading until it was finished and I was awed, and frightened, and unhappy I would need to now wait for the next one. So, I think of trees, and this is only a fraction of what they mean to me.

My mother, she is dead now. I hear her voices in the trees when I go on my walks through my forest that was her forest. She probably had thoughts just the same or similar. I think of her as I listen to the trees, the crack of their sap freezing in the winter and rising in the spring, their structured complaints as they bend and tug at their roots. I think as I walk through the forest, at night, in cold, in wind, with snow whirling in great white sweeps. I hear the trees and think of man, and then I try to conjure up the difference between the man of the present, the man so angry, the man of Washington, so greedy and confused. Then I think of man imagined, man of fairy tales, and forests, man of wizards, demons and ghostly goblins, bright queens and princely poets. Then, I retreat from the horrible present man. I look forward. I look back. I wonder, will we make it as a species and I don't think so? I think the trees will be shouting and they will whisper long after man has screwed it up so badly that he is gone. Then I think good riddance.

But, with this observation comes a form of wisdom. Perhaps not, perhaps. The same stumbling, shoddy mess that makes up man will improve. I doubt it, but perhaps. And, we can only hope that this is the case because it is Christmastime. The snows are blowing round me now in clustered flakes, and they are talking too. I am drifting off. Is this what happens when you freeze to death? I do not know, but it is not unpleasant, so, so be it.

Climate Protests in Copenhagen

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:03:00 +0000

Every time we hear Copenhagen. We remember Danny Kay and Hans Christian Anderson, and the song Wonderful,wonderful,Copenhagen. But things are not so wonderful there at the moment and it does not look like the nations of the world are going to be giving our old Planet any gift this Christmas. Not that the planet cares if it is hot or cold or stormy or full of tranquility, but humans do. For some back ground here is an interactive link to the timeline of the situation from the New York Times oddly provided on Pearl Harbor Day.

Video from Blue View Lane Oct 7

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:59:00 +0000

Obummer, World Peace-and the Prize

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:42:00 +0000

Deeply is reminded of Woody Allen in one of his movies, acting the beauty queen and mouthing, world peace, with a strange, stupid, ridiculous grin on his face.

And yes, Deeply saw bits and pieces of our President's speech. They were as usual excellent. But, so what, the man can speak, we've got it. It is the doing that is the problem. I know, I know, after the Doofus, with his inept strides, his lack of curiosity, his wars, his lies and his onslaught on all but the very rich, well, anything would have been better. And after W's mangled syntax, a warbling bright President seemed heaven sent.

Wrong, big wrong, solid wrong, completely wrong; one wonders if the Europeans get us at all. Deeply doubts it. Come on people the peace prize was nothing more than hope and a bribe of expectation. Sadly, it seems, the last European to really get the good old USA was De Tocqueville. And while he wowed and wondered at our experiment he also thought we were a bunch of drunks. De Tocqueville would not have given any Peace Prizes before the pudding.

But these are just thoughts, perhaps the looking glass will eject us, and we will find that we have not fallen down that rabbit hole. That our verbose and warbling President didn't just send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, didn't continue hit squads and drones a drumming ( just imagine it must be like the Empire strikes back if you are some peasant in Pakistan) The death star courtesy of America.

Hello Noble Boys and Girls, either you are idiots, wishful thinkers, or like we said two paragraphs ago, you just don't get America. How and the hell could you give a Prize of Peace to a Warmonger.

Sorry For the Lack of Posts

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:57:00 +0000

Well, Fall came and went, along with ill health, a lack of industry, and then a whole lot of catching up. So while we have kept the site running, we, and or I, have been remiss in posting. Whoop de do this shall now be remedied with a video from yours truly in a different incarnation, plowing snow, yes plowing snow, and after you watch plowing snow we recommend you poke about a bit for articles and videos on A Bee in Winter, not to be confused with that great movie A Lion In Winter, starring Peter O'Toole and Kathryn Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, and many more. What a use of language. Happy Holidays. Now clang, clank bang, and bluster... Voici

New English Film Agrees With Michael Schacker

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:38:00 +0000

A new English Film, ninety minutes long, on colony collapse disorder, claims what has been pointed out in Michael Schacker's Book, A Spring Without Bees. Mr. Schacker was on the forefront and should be commended. See the book on the left hand side of the page. Bayer Drug company is the problem.

New Device to Harness Wave Power

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:20:00 +0000

Known as the Oyster and being tested off the Orkney Islands this could be an answer for power generation for seaside cities. Clickety Do.

New Battery research

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:05:00 +0000

Click Click For article on battery research for wind, for cars, for the future, for you. And perhaps Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.

Beautiful

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:25:00 +0000

Bamboo Boom

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:45:00 +0000

See This Article from Scientific America on the many uses of bamboo.

Replacing The Honey Bee

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:24:00 +0000

Scientific America- Entymologists search for Honey Bee replacement.

Shepard Fairey Energy Sticker

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:48:00 +0000

Get This Shepard Fairey Energy Sticker Free From Move-On.org

Green Education

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:37:00 +0000

We learned of The Green Education Network when they began to follow us on Twitter. The offer a wide variety of information and educational materials, for students, for teachers, for us all. Poke about a bit if you have interest. Save The Bees.

Green China Rising In The Desert

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:34:00 +0000

Pictures-beautiful green in the vast desert
Article

Ethanol From Algea and CO2

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:20:00 +0000

Dow chemical plans to produce ethenol from algea, carbon dioxide and water through the magic of photosynthesis. A source for fuel and a replacement for natural gas in plastics.

Pictures From The Bees Daily Bread

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:23:00 +0000

Andrea From the Bees Daily Bread has sent us some magnificent and beautiful pictures from Tampa.

You will find the rest on our site at flickr

The Planet In Peril, The Hapless Congress

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:48:00 +0000

Read Paul Krugman, Noble Prize economist, straying to his concerns for the Great Green. Read

Off Shore Windpower Catches Some Air

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:55:00 +0000

Scientific America- green posts

The Bad Nasties Are Trying To Sink The Energy Bill

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:29:00 +0000

Nasties Link

Physics and the Bees

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:02:00 +0000

Melissa Hronkin Suggested This Video

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:33:00 +0000

Bee Population Continues to Plummet

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:34:00 +0000

Honeybee population plunges in six months
Expect pricier produce if mystery not solved

By Diane Petryk
For The Daily Item

Food will cost more if no one solves the mystery of the disappearing honeybees — and time is running out.

The situation has gone from bad to worse, Penn State honeybee researcher Maryann Frazier said Thursday.

We were alerted to this article by John Hibbard...Please all of you who care about the bees out their in the big wide reading world.. Send us any information we may have missed.

Maple Seeds and Flight

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:44:00 +0000

ScienceDaily (June 13, 2009) — The twirling seeds of maple trees spin like miniature helicopters as they fall to the ground. Because the seeds descend slowly as they swirl, they can be carried aloft by the wind and dispersed over great distances. Just how the seeds manage to fall so slowly, however, has mystified scientists.

Saving Butterflies

noreply@blogger.com (Save The Bees Shirts.com) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:33:00 +0000

Establishing Butterfly waystations... see video