The Queen Bee

"The only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you're a bee...The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey....and the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it. "
~ Winnie the Pooh in A.A. Milne's 'The House at Pooh Corner'

I will tell you everything about the bee process is so cool.  The queen bee in her little box which has to have a sugar plug that the worker bees will eat away of a few days so the queen bee gets use to her new hive.  These bees sure love their Queen Bee.  All this preparing for the bees are very cool. Looking at approx. 1500 bees swarming around the box at one time is a sight to see it is so cool.  The smoker is used to calm the bees when you are working with them.  It sorts of mimics a forest fire so the bees go to their Queen to protect her and they lay low.  I am a little partial to the cute little smoker that is helping out on the farm this particular day.  I am not always involved with the bee process though I would love to it is a time thing and there is soo much going on in the garden at the moment but it is sure cool when I get the chance. 

From what I hear they are doing great and many new eggs are being layed and another hive was just added to the top. I can see a lot of activity going on over there. I know I keep saying it but this is cool. 
Yummy honey blessings,
Angela

one day I would like to bee a bee charmer. 

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