{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.</p>","icon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","favicon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"WNQe3F3eY9W","title":"TedXMac 2017: Dirk Hughes, Bee Keeping","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/tedxmac-2017-dirk-hughes-bee-keeping/","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://stephen.braunius.org/media/production/images/item-11453af01c6146cb8e32cec4f7a1ca56.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https://stephen.braunius.org/media/production/images/item-11453af01c6146cb8e32cec4f7a1ca56.jpg\"/></a><br/>\n Dirk Hughes, Bee Keeping</p>\n<ul>\n<li>“You can help the world by keeping bees.”</li>\n<li>distinct roles of bees in a hive: - queen lays eggs</li>\n<li>male drones mate</li>\n<li>thousands of female worker bees do all the work: construction, repair, cleaning, defense, raising young, forging, making honey</li>\n<li>benefits - honey and bees wax are useful</li>\n<li>honey improves health</li>\n<li>pollination of plants (food for animals and people) more bees = more food</li>\n<li>bee keeping is meditative</li>\n<li>how to get started (less than $500 to start with 1 hour per week per hive) - reach out to local bee keeper association (Holland area bee keepers association)</li>\n<li>build or purchase an appropriate hive (top bar hive or land</li>\n<li>pick appropriate location for hive and follow local ordinances</li>\n<li>get bees</li>\n<li>“more food, healthier lives, and a healthier planet”</li>\n<li>“Help the world by keeping bees”</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"Dirk Hughes, Bee Keeping\n\n“You can help the world by keeping bees.”\n\ndistinct roles of bees in a hive: - queen lays eggs\n\nmale drones mate\n\nthousands of female worker bees do all the work: construction, repair, cleaning, defense, raising young, forging, making honey\n\nbenefits - honey and bees wax are useful\n\nhoney improves health\n\npollination of plants (food for animals and people) more bees = more food\n\nbee keeping is meditative\n\nhow to get started (less than $500 to start with 1 hour per week per hive) - reach out to local bee keeper association (Holland area bee keepers association)\n\nbuild or purchase an appropriate hive (top bar hive or land\n\npick appropriate location for hive and follow local ordinances\n\nget bees\n\n“more food, healthier lives, and a healthier planet”\n\n“Help the world by keeping bees”\n\nCategories: Learning · Tags: tedxmac · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","image":"/media/production/images/item-11453af01c6146cb8e32cec4f7a1ca56.jpg","date_published":"2017-03-21T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:33:23.241Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"tedxmac-2017-dirk-hughes-bee-keeping","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/tedxmac-2017-dirk-hughes-bee-keeping/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/WNQe3F3eY9W/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/WNQe3F3eY9W/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/tedxmac-2017-dirk-hughes-bee-keeping/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Tue Mar 21 2017","date_published_ms":1490112000000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.","copyright":"©2007–2026 Stephen Braunius","itunes:type":"episodic","items_sort":"published_at","items_order":"desc"}}