I haven't slowed down today. During the morning, I covered a city council Meeting and did two interviews.
After that, I Headed into town to run some errands, each lunch, and attend a content meeting the paper.
I delivered out signed tax returns to the accountant who is filing electronically and I stopped by the post office to mail the money we owed to the IRS. I paid extra at the post office to track the check. The postal clerk said she would require the person who accepts the parcel to send back a thumb as proof of delivery.
After lunch and the content meeting, I headed home to write.
My head was buzzing so I decided to take a short walk before settling down in front of my computer. I noticed that the activity around one of the original hives was way down. I frowned.
When I started back up toward the garden, I noticed Ol' Hook looking into the peach tree. He's deaf so I wasn't sure what had caught his attention. When I got under the tree I saw what he was looking at. It was another Swarm of bees.
We have now doubled our investment.
Instead of writing, I had to swing into action to capture this swarm before they headed off into the woods.
Jilda was working and I knew she would have a hissy-fit if I tried to capture the swarm alone, so I called Samantha who lives next door. She sounded excited.
A few minutes later we had the camera set up and she was shooting video on my phone. The operation went seamlessly...I hope. If I go down in the morning and the bees are gone that means I didn't get the queen.
Putting the video together will take a little time. I'll post a link when it's ready.
This weekend, we will plant more wildflowers, clover, and other stuff bees love.
Sorry to keep droning on (pun) about bees.
After that, I Headed into town to run some errands, each lunch, and attend a content meeting the paper.
I delivered out signed tax returns to the accountant who is filing electronically and I stopped by the post office to mail the money we owed to the IRS. I paid extra at the post office to track the check. The postal clerk said she would require the person who accepts the parcel to send back a thumb as proof of delivery.
After lunch and the content meeting, I headed home to write.
My head was buzzing so I decided to take a short walk before settling down in front of my computer. I noticed that the activity around one of the original hives was way down. I frowned.
When I started back up toward the garden, I noticed Ol' Hook looking into the peach tree. He's deaf so I wasn't sure what had caught his attention. When I got under the tree I saw what he was looking at. It was another Swarm of bees.
We have now doubled our investment.
Instead of writing, I had to swing into action to capture this swarm before they headed off into the woods.
Jilda was working and I knew she would have a hissy-fit if I tried to capture the swarm alone, so I called Samantha who lives next door. She sounded excited.
A few minutes later we had the camera set up and she was shooting video on my phone. The operation went seamlessly...I hope. If I go down in the morning and the bees are gone that means I didn't get the queen.
Putting the video together will take a little time. I'll post a link when it's ready.
This weekend, we will plant more wildflowers, clover, and other stuff bees love.
Sorry to keep droning on (pun) about bees.
