We wanted to loop the loop, and look for any trace of apiculture (bee, beehives or honey) on the envelopes in which sugar is supplied together with coffee, tea or infusion. We realize that this is quite difficult as promoting honey in a packet of sugar would have much merit. But our efforts have been rewarded, and…
Collecting
Bees and luck. Another way of collecting bees
The life of collectors has evolved considerably in recent years. There are lots of web pages dedicated to the buying and selling of collectibles and not just in your inner circle, it is now possible with the whole world. So preparing this article on collecting with bees, we have found very easy to find a good…
Postal stamps from the Guineas: learning from bees and geography
We could have titled this article » Place on the world map all nations called Guinea » or » why there are so many countries with a similar name and their beekeeping » . We found 4 countries that include the word Guinea in their description, and it is now necessary to incorporate some last name not…
Postal stamps: bees and bumble bees in Canada and USA
Canada. More than 250 years has been running the mail in this country that did not start with these so elegant stamps on paper, but with post horses which were delivering news from the colony of Canada to Britain. We have concentrated to collect in this post those stamps related to bees and bumblebees. Our first selection…
De Bijenkorf, una gran colmena
Los grandes almacenes «la colmena», o de Bijenkorf en neerlandés, es una cadena de grandes centros comerciales de los Países Bajos, donde uno, con algo de dinero, puede encontrar lo más elegante y exclusivo, desde lo último de la moda o cosmética hasta la delicatessen de mayor calidad. En definitiva, tienen casi de todo y están presentes en las mejores…
La diosa romana Flora y las abejas
La diosa romana Flora ejercía su poder sobre la primavera y estaba encargada de que las plantas floreciesen. Una tarea necesaria, sin la cuál las abejas poco podrían hacer. Como casi todos los dioses romanos tuvieron su antecesor en la mitología griega, leemos al poeta latino Ovidio, que identifica a la Flora romana con la…