First Bee Post Of The Year...

I do recall promising you a new, the very first of the Season, Bee Post, with all new pictures of The Birdchick and I, taking inventory, going over the hives and supplies, getting READY for the Bees!

And. Well, Yes. I do know that first picture is not BEES, but rather two Bengals in the Bathtub, in the Dinning Room with a Skeleton, but it has been kind of a long week for me and I seem to have a LOT going on (Derby, among other things, does that to you) and I did completely forget to bring the camera out and TAKE any new pictures.

And I don't seem to have any old ones I could sneak in, on this computer, in hopes no one would notice, so we'll go with Bengal Pics, and TALK about Bees.

That's Magic and his fish. Sadly, they all died. The fish I mean, not Magic. He's just fine. (look, I did TELL you it had been a long week, we'll get to the Bees in a moment. I won't even mention how far beyond sore I am. Or the amazingly cool Derby I saw last weekend, with Naptown against the MN Roller Girls, THAT was a Bout, down to the last jam, closest...What? Oh. Right. Bees.)

Where was I? Oh, right, dead fish.

(How did I get here?)

Ah, this is King Lear the Huge, playing in his water dish, not noticing the Tardis has landed in a seriously off scale world.

(Note to self: This is a BEE post, work them in somehow.)

HA! Here is Jason Webley from last year, he came for a visit and got put to work extracting honey. Sticky business that, but tasty. He's on tour just now, and if you haven't got to a live show yet, trust me, you really do need to. He's one of the most powerful performers I have ever seen, well, I could go on, but most likely, you've seen him, and if you haven't, just go. Again, trust me.

(Did I lose the Bee Topic AGAIN?)

Bees. Ok. The Birdchick and I did spend time together today with all of our Bee Things, plotting and Planning. Mostly we would like coloured Bee Suits. Fashion is everything, remember. And my Bee Suit is too big now, I need a new one anyway.

By the end of this month we will have seven new hives, all of ours having not made it thru the winter, sadly. Not colony collapse, we think it was the weather, it got way too cold, way too fast and winter went on way too long. We're getting two hives of Russian Bees, (yes, they may well wear little furry hats and drink vodka) two Carnelian and three Minnesota Hygienic Hives. (Don't know much about those last two and have nothing very clever to say about them.)

At some point in the next couple weeks, these seven boxes of bees will arrive. (The post office courteously calls you when they do. They courteously call you REALLY EARLY)

We will Hive these Packages (I kind of like saying that. It's just fancy for "Dump the boxes of bees into the hive") and there will be NEW Bee pictures.

Soon.

I leave you with me naked in the bathtub, (This one in the bathroom. Oddly, for this house) as any post as scattered as this one ended up NEEDS something hot at the end...

Love and Bees,
Lorraine