Happy Birthday to the Blog!
Today I begin my eighth year of beekeeping! It's been a great ride so far and I appreciate everyone who visits, watches my slide shows and videos, comments, and emails - and there are lots of you.
This is my 1088th post on this blog. I've shared with you all of my triumphs and failures, what I've tried and what has worked and what has not. I've been through several iterations of my beekeeping self, but I've always remained true to what I believed in at the beginning - that it would be better to lose bees than to treat them with poisons and that I wanted to be as natural a beekeeper as possible. I've tried to be a beekeeper and not a bee-haver, as per George Imrie, and I work hard at it.
I usually put up stats in this post, so here I go again.
1040 - people subscribe to this blog by RSS feed
552 - people are "followers" on Google
8000 - hits for this blog since April 1, according to statcounter.com
193 - the number of countries from which people have visited
146,971 - the number of links to my site from various places on the web - it's been my particular pleasure to find that my site is listed on a number of state and club websites across the country as a good resource! What a compliment!
Thanks, everyone, for coming to visit, for cheering me on, for all the support and friendly outreach over these past seven years! You're the best.
Happy Birthday Linda's Bees! You have inspired me, educated me, motivated me and comforted me. May you have many, many more years of experiencing these little winged wonders!
ReplyDeleteEllen Hawkins
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Canada
Congratulations! That is some impressive numbers!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Your blog is my go to place for learning new things. Well, your blog and Michael Bush. I am going to get to see Michael Bush at a seminar this Saturday and I am so excited I can't even begin to tell you but I know that you understand that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here for this fairly new beek. I wish there was a Master class where I live. I think it's awesome how fully you have embraced beekeeping.
And a wonderful psychologist in her backup career!
DeleteHappy blog birthday! And may there be many more~
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Linda's blog. Well done Linda for everything and helping many people and making our learning experiences be good ones.
ReplyDeleteMichael in France
Happy birthday Linda's blog! Congratulations for your fantastic blog.Keep going Linda!
ReplyDeleteHugs and kisses from Greece
Linda, you have provided a wealth of information for beekeepers and just curious people like me. Thanks so much for all the time you have spent educating us. So glad I found your blog!
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Thank you for all you do. I am sure you have touched people and have helped them in more ways than you will ever know. I know you have helped me, many times.
ReplyDeleteTeena
Well, happy birthday to Linda's Bees Blog and congratulations to you, Linda, for all the experiences and thoughts you have so generously shared with us over the years. The numbers show how much a welcome part of our lives you are. Thank you most sincerely for letting us share yours!
ReplyDeleteHow funny. It is also the QUEEN of Denmarks birthday today!
ReplyDeleteA huge Congrats from Warren in Denmark. I have followed you for at least five years. (I know becaus emy twins are nearly five years old ;-))
Thank you for your time. (I know how time consuming blogs can be). And, as I've said before, your candidness (meaning transparency/white in latin - thus the word "candidate") and honesty are what make it such a strong learning tool - your blog. Thanks for it all! Keep up the good work.
from Warren
Denmark.
Happy Bee Blog Day! As a newbee, I've really enjoyed reading your blog. Thank you from Nebraska!
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