honey

a new year that will be better than its sister. a new endeavor.  i am in the throes of a beekeeping class and i am in love. so much going on in such a small place. i especially adore the worker bee. they make up 99% of the colony and they are nurturers. they defend the hive, collect water and pollen. they feed the queen, drones and the upcoming brood. the worker bee is an army of sterile females that clean the colony, produce propolis, wax and honey. they keep the brood area at a constant 95 degrees in the height of summer and the dead of winter.
and she remains faithful to her particular bossom the entire time that blossom is in bloom.



''There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance." -- Henry David Thoreau