Bees

Chickens aren't going to work in our tiny yard, so I'm thinking about bees. Rather than spend three years thinking I'm going to read up on the subject, I paid $35.00 to take a class at Garden Fever and taught by Glen Andreson. I learned a lot and at the end, we got to go to Glen's house and see his bee set up.

I can see the appeal of bees, they are fascinating to watch. Something about the masses of them is very compelling.

Here are Glen's mason bee houses he made. I would like to put up some of those before I get the Belgian Fence put in.

I got stung. I've not been stung by a bee before and I've always worried that I'm one of those "dead in five minutes" people and don't know it. So when I was stung, I figured I was in a pretty good place, what with all the other classmates around me to call 911. I got a huge rush of adrenaline, and my knee was hot and swollen for a few days, but I was still able to breathe normally.

I came home and Matt told me he is allergic to bee stings, so we won't be having any bees, either. Alas. Its just a worm box for us.