Wednesday, May 24, 2006

A Beautiful Day

Today was the first sunny day in a long time. The temperature was in the low sixties and the sky was blue. In front of my house is a crabapple tree in bloom. When I walked outside in the morning the tree was full of the Russians and the hybrids. It was a nice sight to see after so many days of train. Later on I walked into the back and saw the hives with about a hundred bees forming a cloud above the apiary. They were traveling in and out loaded down with pollen. When the bees left the hives they headed straight to the apple orchard nearby or the crabapple in the front yard. Michael removed the entrance reducer from the Russian. However, we are still going to keep one on the hybrid hive. The Russians are clearly the stronger of the two and so the weaker hive must be protected.

There is something wonderful about the fact that these creatures are sampling from the environment around them, coming up with a unique flavor of the landscape around my home. Honey is truly the most local and honest of all flavors. I’m really looking forward for what the rest of the summer has in store.

2 Comments:

At 8:42 AM, Blogger Phang said...

I'm here to tell you guys what you already know: you are goners.

It's not just that you have already learned so much and brought the girls home, that you have cared for them and are concerned for them. Now they are out there in your world, and it has (almost certainly) never seemed a more lively and connected world than now.

You guys are doing a great job, and I look forward to our honey swap!

 
At 2:10 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

just stopping by to say hi

 

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