Lord Mountbatten (better known as Uncle Dickie) is a major force in season 4 of The Crown, persuading Prince Charles to get married. The royal with 10 names, two daughters, and an open marriage, is related to both Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II. Who is Dickey to Prince Philip?Read More →
The Bowes-Lyon family is descended from the Royal House of Scotland. One of The Queen Mother’s 14th-century ancestors, Sir John Lyon, became Thane of Glamis, home of Macbeth 300 years before, and Glamis Castle is the family seat. Who was King George’s mother? Mary of Teck, in full Victoria MaryRead More →
Prince Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families and gained greater fame when he married his distant cousin Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom) in 1947. How the princess and her fiance descended from Queen Victoria? Elizabeth and Philip are third cousins through QueenRead More →
Small to Medium worlds will have around 6-8 Bee Hives and Large worlds have 11-16. That’s at least 6-8 Queen Bees and 11-16 Queen Bees respectively. What happens when the Queen Bee dies? Lastly, when a honey bee queen suddenly dies, an urgent and unplanned supersedure occurs. Worker honey beesRead More →
The Tropical Lemonade Twisty Misty Slush layers the flavors of sweet mango and tart lemon-lime lemonade. You’ll notice how the drink goes from a bold green to yellow to orange, so it’s probably the prettiest beverage you’ll get this season. What is Misty slush? Misty Slushies. Misty Blue Raspberry Slush.Read More →
On the night of May 8 1945 – VE Day – Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret were given permission by their father King George VI, to leave Buckingham Palace and join the crowds of ordinary people on the streets of London. Who was Jack in a royal night out?Read More →
House of Lancaster, a cadet branch of the house of Plantagenet. In the 15th century it provided three kings of England—Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI—and, defeated by the house of York, passed on its claims to the Tudor dynasty. Who has a better claim to the throne YorkRead More →
What is a queen excluder? In simple terms, a queen excluder is a perforated barrier placed between the brood chamber and the honey super that prevents the queen from entering the honey super and laying eggs. The brood chamber is the part of the hive that the queen is confinedRead More →
“He is conducting no fewer than three other intimate relationships.” Lascelles lived his last years in a cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace. Tommy Lascelles died in 1981, at age 94. Was Tommy Lascelles a real person? This man was Alan “Tommy” Lascelles, former Private Secretary to George VIRead More →
Beekeepers place excluders above the brood box to keep the queen from laying eggs in the honey supers. … They tend to store honey in the brood chamber until it gets so bound up there are no free cells left for the queen to lay eggs. This overcrowded condition frequentlyRead More →