Beekeeping Lessons: What the Bees Taught Me

A project in Burien, WA by Bob Redmond
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Help Bob write an innovative book on bees, in the face of grave illness.
Backers: 142
Average Pledge Per Backer: $107

Funded: $15,222 of $7,500
Dates: Aug 6th -> Oct 1st (56 days)
Project By: Bob Redmond
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Latest News

Looking Ahead

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to you, what would be a bit of a frenzy as we approach the final week of this campaign is simply confirmation and encouragement: we met the goal weeks ago. Now I'm focused, properly, on the bees... I've finished mite treatments and added the... (Read More)

The Practice (and video links!)

September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Rather than a "hobby," a "sideline," or "farming," I call beekeeping a practice. The point of mastery is really a point of surrender: we know only less, and expertise (to me) is measured in questions. The constant asking through the seasons becomes... (Read More)

Day 14 Update - Stretch Goals Met!

August 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi folks! The new school year is nigh. Fall is on the wind. And while summer is not over, we can already feel the change. A lot of people see this as the end... of summer bounty, of harvest, of long days and barbecues and trips to the beach. I always... (Read More)

Day 8 Update: Meeting Goals (and a video)

August 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Last week I launched this Kickstarter campaign. I originally wanted to do it two years ago, but circumstances intervened. Well, it was worth the wait. You delivered! On Day Two, we met our initial funding goal of $7500. On Day Four, Kickstarter chose... (Read More)

Wow! We met the goal in two days!

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, thank you! Goal met?!? I just got home from a wonderful birthday party for a friend of my son Japhy's, outdoors at a lake house north of Seattle. It was a "family" gathering but the boy wanted one friend from school and chose Japhy. What a... (Read More)

Liftoff!

August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Kickstarter said it could be eight days before the campaign was approved, but I must have had all my ducks in a row because it went live right away. Huzzah! This project took root a while back, and Kickstarter seemed like a great way to organize a... (Read More)

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