2013 Honey Lab Workshops

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Bite off more than you can chew

And then share it.

It's been quite a week of beekeeping.

I delivered two hives to a second year beekeeper whose hive last year kept swarming away.  The morning after I installed the hives, she texted me to say this year's hives also absconded.  Feeling totally defeated, I wracked my brain about what I could have done to prevent this outcome.  Should I have left the corks in the queen cages?  Screened in the opening?  We did that last year and suffocated a whole box of bees.

Meanwhile, I got three calls within a few hours--can you come catch this swarm in my tree?  Can you put some bees on this organic Buckwheat I'm growing 30 miles away?  Can you put some bees on non-chemical clover which is blooming RIGHT NOW, 30 miles away in a different direction?

uh-oh, what have I gotten myself into?

Am I too big for my britches?

The "you're too big for your britches" expression means that you've over-reached, that you should limit yourself, that you should 'know your place'--don't be so uppity, etc.  Thank goodness Stephen King can make some sense of things.

I woke up this morning thinking, ok, I may have gotten myself into more than I can handle alone.  I'm playing the HappyThankYouMorePlease game, and need to drop the 'more please' before I drown in blessings.  I feel like I'm trying to take a sip from a fire hydrant.  Take it easy.  Take a step back.  Take it one day at a time.

Then I got another text--"Hi Karen!  Both my hives are busily at work!  I think I just didn't look carefully enough yesterday and they were on the ceiling!  I am so excited!"

So today I called a few people.  Another beekeeper is going to set hives on that buckwheat and clover.  I will reach out to others to participate, to share in the bounty.  There is no reason to dream smaller.  So many people are looking for a way to participate, and when I find myself overly blessed with opportunity, I just need to connect with others to receive more support and give more support.

Great Stories Begin Here: HS Students use Digital Storytelling to Chronicle their College Preparation Journey at Adams State University

I spent a year working on my practicum for the Kellogg Institute through the National Center for Developmental Education.  Read the final report here.

                Four students from Centennial HS in San Luis, Colorado, took a concurrent enrollment course at Adams State University in college readiness using digital storytelling to chronicle their college readiness journey.  These junior and senior HS students worked through college readiness curriculum each week and created a video blog of their experience. Students received college credit for their video projects and had access to cameras/editing technology.  The course was co-taught with film studies faculty and college readiness faculty.  In Spring 2013, students were eligible to take a second course which would develop their editing skills to turn the weekly video blogs into a polished narrative of their college story—what colleges they have been accepted, and what they learned through the film project. Pre- and post-tests of Accuplacer skills for reading, writing and math showed improvement in course placement.