Day #415 Filling Out Calendars

December is the month I always fill out my Daytimer for the upcoming year. It takes a while to do it, but I rather enjoy the ritual.  Bees don’t need calendars. They know what their schedule will be.

Queen:

Grow a bit

Fly out and mate with 30 or 40 drones

Lay eggs for the rest of my life.

Drone:

Fly along with the queen

Mate and croak

Workers:

Day   1      Clean out the cell I just hatched from; fly out to see where I live

Day   2      Clean out lots of other cells

Day   3      Clean more cells

Day   4      Feed some larvae

Day   5      Feed more larvae

Day   6      Feed more

Day   7      Collect garbage and dump it outside

Day   8      Drag garbage outside

Day   9      Garbage duty

Day 10      Repair damaged comb

Day 11       Build some new comb

Day 12      Build comb

Day 13      Repair comb

Day 14      Build

Day 15      Take nectar from incoming bees

Day 16      Put incoming pollen in cells

Day 17      Insert nectar in cells

Day 18      Food duty

Day 19      Fan the nectar to evaporate the water

Day 20     Fan nectar to evaporate the water

Day 21      Fan nectar to evaporate water

Day 22      Fan nectar – Whew!

Day 23      Stand guard to protect the hive

Day 24      Guard the front door

Day 25      Guard duty

Day 26      Fly around to orient myself

Day 27      Gather nectar and pollen

Day 28     etc.

Day 29         and so on . . .

I think I’d rather have my Daytimer.

              

BEEattitude for Day # 415:

       Blessed are those who enjoy their work, for their smiles shall be radiant.

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