October 13, 2022
Whew! Whirlwind summer! First off, I must apologize for missing the summer edition of this newsletter and being late in getting this one out. The good news is that it was due to a very busy and productive summer. We were able to accomplish our goals for this year, and I am excited to […]
April 4, 2022
2022 is off to a raging start, and so are we! Here it is nearly the end of March, and I am just now finding time to write this edition of CAPPings. I guess being busy is a good thing, because it means that we are working our way past the COVID-19 restrictions and […]
January 30, 2022
Happy New Year!!! First, I must apologize for the delay in getting this edition published. Streptococcus ravaged our household after the new year, fractioning my productivity. Thankfully, I am on the mend and back to work. We at the Clemson Apiculture and Pollinator Program are excited for what this year will hold. While there […]
November 16, 2021
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and our plate is full! There are so many good things happening with beekeeping in South Carolina, and we are blessed to be a part of it. Here are a few things we are trying to accomplish over the next few months. We are pleased to help the […]
September 14, 2021
Well, perhaps I spoke too soon. In the last edition I remarked how it felt like things were returning to some sense of normalcy. Chock it up to wishful thinking or sheer naivety, but that feeling has since exited, stage door left. Knowing what I know of airborne respiratory viruses, I quietly expected […]
June 23, 2021
Back to business It feels like things are starting to return to some sense of normalcy. My family treated me to a fine Fathers Day dinner this weekend, and, for the first time in forever, not a single person in the restaurant was wearing a mask. Maybe that should be concerning, or maybe […]
May 14, 2021
I need to keep this message short and sweet, well, because the nectar flow is underway as is programming for the Clemson Apiculture and Pollinator Program. First of all, I need to announce that I have moved my base of operations. My office is now located at the Pee Dee Research and Education […]
April 1, 2021
I feel like I am in the scene where Dorothy first opens the door to see the land of Oz in all its technicolor splendor. A golden ball is coursing the sky, the fields and forests are dappled with vivid colors, and little things are awake and zooming about me. AH, SPRING! After what seems […]
February 18, 2021
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! WELCOME TO 2021! A lot has changed, and even more hasn’t. Who would have thought that we would be entering our twelfth month of modified programming and restrictions on in-person trainings? Yet, here we are, entering February and the dark cloud of COVID-19 still looms. Many of the conversations I have […]
November 23, 2020
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! Clemson’s Apiculture and Pollinator Program is steadily moving forward, even while uncertainty looms. South Carolina has slowly moved towards reopening, and citizens are growing tired of virus restrictions. Meanwhile, the Corona virus that has altered our way of life for the last eight months lingers and has been resurging in recent weeks. […]
