When I attend a show such as the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, it always takes me a few days to digest all of the wonders I saw there. And this year, there were a few items that are still haunting me with their cleverness. Take, for example, the HexHive:
The idea here is that man has always made square hives for production of honey…but why? In nature, the circle and hexagon are the shapes bees create. Now, there are some people using these beautiful beehives and they are finding that the bees are thriving better than standard hives.
A woman in Petaluma, CA has the patent on these hives and is building/selling them. They are expensive compared to the standard square hive, but each HexHive is custom built and they are absolutely beautiful. (That is one of her hives pictured above) You see her website HERE.
There is an interesting study being done showcasing the advantages of such a hive. You can read about that HERE. In the meantime…a girl can dream…
UPDATE: This post prompted a discussion on Twitter about the hives. My twitter friend Backyard Wisdom found more info on the hives HERE and HERE and also told me there is a great downloadable book from Alabama Cooperative Extension on Bee Keeping. Yeah!
I just got back from the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show where I was lucky enough to get in one day early to see the gardens. If you miss it this year, check out this 2 minute video showing all the highlights of the beautiful display gardens.
But we told some incredible stories about gardeners doing great things for the planet and we all had a blast along the way. You can watch all the season one episodes HERE in high def.
Although it was a huge adventure, we are always running at 200 miles an hour and many things get left in the wake – one of them being this blog. After writing posts for the GGW Canning & Preserving Blog, the Burpee Blog, the scripts for the episodes and coordinating all the filming, I had very little time to write here as well.
Sorry guys.
But you know, we learned a lot that first season. We are better, faster and we have streamlined our methods. I now have two assistants working for me (I know, right?) and am SO ready to dive back into our conversations HERE!
I have a new vision for this blog and I am very excited about it. The focus is still gardening, growing food, preserving, etc and yes, there will some behind-the-scenes of a garden show info here too…AND there will be more video. I have something up my sleeve! Can't wait to share.
Theresa Loe is the award- winning Co-Executive Producer & Canning Expert on Growing A Greener World TV. She blogs here about Living Homegrown®, local and fresh-from-the-garden. MORE >>
Theresa Loe is the award- winning Co-Executive Producer & Canning Expert on Growing A Greener World TV. She blogs here about Living Homegrown®, local and fresh-from-the-garden. 
