Day #199 Yup - False Alarm

This is the last time I'll get worried when the bees start congregating around the hive entrance. Nothing came of the severe weather warnings except for some high winds and fairly spectacular lightning around midnight. I got up and sat by the window for a while, watching the show and counting the seconds before the thunderclap. Nothing hit within two miles of my house.

I wish the same were true for those families in Alabama and elsewhere who were devastated by the storms. I truly wish them well in their recovery efforts.

So, what were the bees trying to tell me at 4 in the afternoon? I haven’t a clue. I think I’m going to have to watch the bees a lot more carefully and chart their behavior patterns before I’ll know what (if anything) they’re predicting.

When I find out, I’ll let you know.

BEEattitude for Day # 199:

       Blessed are they who listen to us bees, for we have much to tell them. We just wish you humans could speak Beenglish.

One thing Fran is grateful for right now:

       The right of free speech   

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Day #140 Spring

I just need to see a bunch of flowers, don’t you? Yesterday there were so many thunderstorms in the evening I began to feel like a target. Luckily, all the trees around my house are still intact, although one LARGE branch ended up in my driveway (no idea where it came from).

I'd hate to be a bee in this weather, with those teeny little wings, up against the buffetings of Mother Nature. It would be more fun to be a bee in the sunshine on a flower.

I wish I’d thought to go out on the deck during the storm to see what the wind gusts felt like on the side where I’ll be putting the hives. I wonder how many bricks it takes to weight down the covers so they won’t blow off in a storm?

BEEattitude for Day # 140:

       Blessed are those who look up at the sky, for they shall see wonders indeed.

One thing Fran is grateful for right now:

       The sausage tetrazzini I made for dinner Friday (and the leftovers on Saturday)    

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