tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post2663479230583447521..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: 1827 War of the BeesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-17767091763892890402010-06-18T20:35:15.393-04:002010-06-18T20:35:15.393-04:00Wonderful pictures, Michael! Thank you for the lin...Wonderful pictures, Michael! Thank you for the links. I've not yet been to the Geffrye Museum. Scheduling never worked out--but it's on my list for the next trip, which I hope will happen before too long.LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-72084903303881164192010-06-13T00:44:01.980-04:002010-06-13T00:44:01.980-04:00Thought you might enjoy this recent BBC audio slid...Thought you might enjoy this recent BBC audio slide-show: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8732373.stm<br /><br />about a recent show at The Geffrye Museum, "A Garden Within Doors": Plants and Flowers in the Home" on the Victorian enthusiasm for bringing plants indoors http://www.geffrye-museum.org.uk/whatson/special/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18385689703075431439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-76307173030997267672010-06-12T07:50:33.303-04:002010-06-12T07:50:33.303-04:00I love these little articles also! It gives you an...I love these little articles also! It gives you an idea of what life was like in the nineteenth century. Honey was an important product!Marilynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-29379030362101920832010-06-11T12:26:30.687-04:002010-06-11T12:26:30.687-04:00Thanks, Loretta! I sent a link to this story to a ...Thanks, Loretta! I sent a link to this story to a friend interested in animal anomalies. He responded immediately that he'd just posted an obituary for Arthur Herzog III, author of The Swarm, a novel about killer bees. A nice bit of synchronicity.Chris Woodyardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-13076468347428081292010-06-11T11:53:20.231-04:002010-06-11T11:53:20.231-04:00Chris, Cargo is in Cumberland, England, and the Ca...Chris, Cargo is in Cumberland, England, and the Carlisle Patriot referred to here is English. I love that the Annual Register found this delightfully written little story worthy of inclusion in its "view of the History, Politics, and Literature of the Year 1827."LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-47210363391223886352010-06-11T10:11:49.838-04:002010-06-11T10:11:49.838-04:00Weird and wonderful.Weird and wonderful.Jane Onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-72435191759165416642010-06-11T09:28:40.735-04:002010-06-11T09:28:40.735-04:00What a very strange, fortean event! Can you supply...What a very strange, fortean event! Can you supply any more details about where this happened? The spelling seems British, but Manchester and Norwich could be UK or US. And is The Carlisle Patriot a Pennsylvania paper?<br />Thanks for posting!Chris Woodyardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-26002554836807747252010-06-11T08:41:46.239-04:002010-06-11T08:41:46.239-04:00How eloguently phrased. To observe a mundane event...How eloguently phrased. To observe a mundane event and describe it with such flourish is entertaining and so characteristic of the time. Such fun.<br /><br />DonnaFinegan Antiqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134589341726766780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-47671554198543636502010-06-11T07:53:22.549-04:002010-06-11T07:53:22.549-04:00Those bees kinda bring to mind Hortense Mancini.Those bees kinda bring to mind Hortense Mancini.Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.com