Category Archives: Ruminations

General philosophical musings on bees and beekeeping

Are Women equal citizens? or Chattel/Brood Mares?

Posted on 2023-10-11 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations The world, it seems, is going completely bonkers in too many important areas. I just discovered the story of Tara Rule, who is suing a medical facility and doctor for refusing her care, and needed medications. The … Continue reading →

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Got Stewardship? Maybe, Maybe NOT!

Posted on 2023-10-01 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations… I was just in a thread on Facebook, discussing power generation and what the future may bring. One of the folks there brought up fossil fuels, which generated my following thoughts: The Original Post was this comment: … Continue reading →

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What does it mean to be a Liberal?

Posted on 2023-09-14 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations; In the society of today, there are such levels of name calling, and hate that much of the time what a person believes is obscured by the delusions built by propaganda in front of the eyes of … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts on Labor Day!

Posted on 2023-09-05 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations… In these waining few minutes of Labor Day, I found I had a few things on my mind about it. For a lot of years, I did not have a great deal of respect for Labor Unions. … Continue reading →

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Free Speech, Consequences, and America

Posted on 2023-03-10 by BeeManDave

Since the news is full of reporting of, and commentary about, the lawsuit by Dominion Voting Machines against Fox News for defamation of character, this question was posted to Facebook a day or so ago: “Should news organizations have free … Continue reading →

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Train Wrecks and Regulations!

Posted on 2023-03-06 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations… I was poking around on the Social Media site Quora, and ran across an interesting question. It proved to be interesting enough that I thought I would add an essay here discussing it. The Post’s article is … Continue reading →

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“Wants” and “Needs”…and how we have lost sight of the difference.

Posted on 2023-01-09 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations; It is odd and interesting, how comments one makes on Social Media come back to haunt us sometimes, months or years after they were posted. The old saying is “The Internet never forgets. This has been proven … Continue reading →

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Sifting through the Ashes, pert 48 – a Recap, of sorts

Posted on 2022-12-05 by BeeManDave

Greetings and salutations; As the year ends, and the election cycle has pretty much finished up, I thought I would post a comment to remind us, once again, why the Republicans have lost their way, and must be turned unto … Continue reading →

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“Many Drops Can Turn A Mill…”

Posted on 2022-11-21 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations; Yesterday, for reasons yet unknown, a young man entered a bar, armed with several guns and started shooting. Several patrons, who had gathered for some fellowship and an adult beverage are dead…their lives snuffed out in a … Continue reading →

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What will the future bring?

Posted on 2022-11-20 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations! It has been a bit since I had time to update this blog, but it is well past time to do it. In a discussion thread on Facebook, the question arose…what will we do if #45 is … Continue reading →

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The “Hello Boomer” generation

Posted on 2022-09-22 by BeeManDave

I was poking around on Facebook this morning, catching my breath after dealing with some chores, and I ran across an interesting post that discussed Sensitivity Training. A somewhat lengthy thread replying to the post got into the tendency of … Continue reading →

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WHAT? Forgive Student LOANS???

Posted on 2022-08-25 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations; The Biden Administration is pushing ahead and making significant advances in undoing the madness of the proceeding administration, and, dealing some some serious issues facing citizens. One of the long-term issues that has been the subject of … Continue reading →

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Guns In The House! Guns In The House! Part 02

Posted on 2022-06-11 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations. We are just a little time past the weekend of 2022/06/04-05, where America saw 13 mass shootings, killing 19 people and injuring 70. This, right on the heels of the shooting at Uvalde that killed 19 students … Continue reading →

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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 46 – What Republic*nts Want America To Be – And Why

Posted on 2022-05-22 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations; There are some places on the Net where rational, reasonable, insult free, discussion of difficult subjects can happen. I seek these out, because I find the rest both tedious and annoying. Well, in one of these sites, … Continue reading →

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Rescue Is Me…

Posted on 2022-05-01 by BeeManDave

Sometimes a painfully true and well written reality shows up on Facebook. Here is one I just found. Rescue is so hard. It’s never ending. Rescue is constant poop and litter boxes. Rescue is taking a picture of the poop … Continue reading →

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Mankind’s Inhumanity to Mankind

Posted on 2022-03-28 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations; I was just involved in a short discussion on Facebook, that left me with kind of a sad feeling about Americans. The issue at hand was whether a 15 year old murderer should continue to receive education … Continue reading →

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Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2022

Posted on 2022-01-28 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations. I did not want today to slip away without some observations on the past, and today. The Holocaust was an obscenity, perpetuated by a fascist, totalitarian dictator on a part of the society for no reason other … Continue reading →

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About CRT, Part 1

Posted on 2021-11-09 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations; There is much controversy today over “CRT” – which is an acronym for “Critical Race Theory“. In short, it is a focus on how racism has infiltrated and shaped American thought and law from day one. It … Continue reading →

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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 44 – Where Liberals Are At

Posted on 2021-11-03 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations! Yesterday was election day for many states, focusing on local races, up to the Governor. Much has been made of this start of the 2022 election cycle, as many analysts have opined that the results of these … Continue reading →

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Sifting Through The Ashes, Part 43 – Smoke and Mirrors

Posted on 2021-10-26 by BeeManDave

Greetings and Salutations; I ran across the following article by Heather Cox Richardson, and thought it important enough to give wider spread to. It reminds us that our Democracy is still in a very fragile state, and if we are … Continue reading →

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