Bees!

The real reason I posted yesterday was because I wanted to talk about the birds and the bees... well, just the bees, really. I've gotten really interested in beekeeping lately. I'd been thinking about it for a while, but just read a full book about it and now I'm hooked. Unfortunately, the best time to start a new hive is in the spring, which means I'll have to wait like 6 months to get my own. Boo! Well, that's the way these things go, I suppose. Meanwhile, there is a Worcester County beekeeping club that meets every month - I plan on going to those meetings so I can get an introduction. Who knows, maybe someone will have a spare hive they need to get rid of ;)

I've been reading up on bees, and man, are they fascinating. New queens fly away from the hive to mate with between 6 and 20 male drones from other hives, saves up their sperm, then goes back to her hive where she'll use it for the rest of her life to make new bees. Crazy, huh?

I'll probably be posting a lot about beekeeping in the coming months, so don't be surprised if there's a bunch of bees in our garden blog :)