Sunday, March 29, 2009

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Hi Everyone,
Today Denverbee's Allison acquired her first hive!!! Yippee ! The wayward girls arrived by way of Paul Woolsey or St Paul by the time it was all over. The bees were ostensibly agitated. They were being involuntarily relocated from a fairly cozy domicile. Why you ask? Wherein lies the problem it was inside someone else's fairly cozy domicile. To add insult to injury it's yet to be determined if their queen accompanied them. Did I mention that the bees were ostensibly agitated? No queen no front door...aggg During the installation I helped out Allison and Paul by providing comic relief through the trifecta of what not to do; wear dark clothing, swatting motions, and flapping arms. Yes, yes, yes I was stung on my head half a dozen times, but Allison had a up close look at beekeeping for dummies. It was the least I could do!
You see none of this was planned. Allison and I were simply checking out Vicki's "To Bee or Not To Bee." A great place to load up on bee stuff located in north Denver. Paul, The Bee Boy We Relocated not Exterminate, had stopped in for maybe the same thing. We were all chatting and then in the stillness of a moment realized; Paul has homeless bees, I have a hive box, and Allison wants bees. With ninja swift movements we drove west 2 miles. and voila! well after the benadryl. It was a beautiful afternoon.
After the commotion we all headed for sustenance and a recap of "what just happened" and of course a plan for re-queening tomorrow. Paul you're truly great! Thanks for being on the River...really it was heartfelt that you trusted to share. Allison, our very own midwife, now has a few thousands charges....embrace your postpartum!
With each chance encounter and a look into their private world my fascination grows.

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