How to get started with beekeeping: All hail the queen bee
Over the winter of 2019 to 2020, I decided to add a few more hives. By the end of April, I had three hives humming along – pun intended. Hive number one was recovering nicely with plenty of honey stores from the previous year. Hive numbers two and three started with...
How to Make Safe Hummingbird Food
What is a hummingbird? Hummingbirds are easily recognized by their pugnacious demeanor, small size (smallest in the world actually), iridescent coloring on their feathers, long sword-like bill, and familiar “chirps” and “squeaks” as they zoom around their territory....
No Nonsense Newts: Spanish Ribbed Newts have a Hardcore Adaption for Survival
Amphibians. These critters are soft-bodied, most are relatively small, and they can be found in just about every ecosystem. Therefore they make up a crucial part of our earth’s food webs. Despite this, these animals have fascinating methods to avoid becoming a meal....
How to stay safe in nature for beginners
We are all responsible for ourselves. Your health, safety, and vitality is all on you. Has anyone ever asked you who your hero is? You are your hero. And you can prove it to yourself every single day. I have no doubt that you are capable of taking care of yourself. ...
Appalachian Bear Rescue: Giving Bears a Second Chance
Nestled on the North side of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the small town of Townsend, Tennessee sits a nonprofit dedicated to helping wild black bears succeed. Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR) was started in 1990 after a devastating hard mast shortage that...
Great Gray Owl
Thanks to their excellent hearing due to their facial disk, great gray owls are able to hunt prey moving up to two feet beneath the snow!
Arby’s Tips and Tricks: How to Keep an Anxious Pet Calm
Hello everyone! It's your favorite neighborhood pup - Arby. Today I'm going to talk about something many of my furry friends and our companions struggle with: anxiety. Anxiety can be defined as apprehension or nervousness. Often times, our owners can easily spot...
You, Your Butthole, and the Animal Kingdom
97% of the animal kingdom is made up of invertebrates. I remember my invertebrate zoology professor ranting through our first lecture about how the majority of them are named for what they are lacking, but that lack is something that the minority has (but that’s a...
The misunderstood and complicated history of pit bulls
Pit Bulls are arguably one of the most villainized and misunderstood dog breeds. A long and poor history of myths leaves these dogs as victims of unfair discrimination. There is an automatic assumption of aggressive and dangerous behavior that falls onto Pit Bulls....
How to get started with beekeeping: Finding the right resources
As I start the third of a five-part Honey Bee series, I want to make sure you have read the first two articles as this is a chronological story. The first two articles and all my other articles can be found here. After I had set up my hive, I judiciously checked it...
