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My First Bee Sting of the Year

03:16, 2006-Apr-3 .. 2 comments .. Link

We don't keep bees ourselves but there is a local man whom we know who has about 10 hives he keeps on our land for part of the year. The arrangement is somewhat new, since the fall, and we are excited to see what having this many bees will do for the blueberries. Last year we just depended on whatever bees could find us. I also hope to get a little fresh honey out of the deal!
The beekeeper came today to check on the hives and I took the boys out to observe from what I thought was a safe distance. But when bees are mad, no distance is safe, and I have a little red swollen souvenir of our adventure on my left forearm. Thankfully it was me and not the boys!
More later....gotta get back to work.

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Ouch!

04:50, 2006-Apr-3 .. Posted by southofthegnatline
so sorry to hear of your "souveneir"........but am anxious to hear about the bee adventures - as soon as we get our spring order of new chicks in and settled, we hope to begin serious research on bee keeping. We've seen some bee owners while out and about and hope to go talk to them in person!!

Watch out for those buzzers!!

;-)
Harriette

Not as bad....

08:56, 2006-Apr-3 .. Posted by MrsBurns
...as a yellow jacket sting. I had one of those nine years ago that was still sore well over a month after I got it! This little ol' honey bee sting is already a memory. The boys sure did giggle at me, though, running through the yard to make it to the house! I was sure we were about to get swarmed!

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