Birds and Bees...

Extra, extra! Tomorrow morning the entire colony of Africanized killer bees will be evicted from the walls of our home and relocated to a proper hive on the premises.

They've been in there almost a year just a few feet from our bed. If you put your ear on the wall you can hear all 200,000 of them maintaining their little bee economy. Don't they get tired of honey? (I'm sure there will be lots of it)

You may or may not know that we are already chicken keepers (ok, more like uncle and auntie chicken keepers since we just enjoy them). Our plan is to become beekeepers. Our beloved compound-mates (the true chicken keepers) have purchased the hive and we're all reading up on the art and science of beekeeping. The hive will be located just outside the window I look out of every morning. I'm excited to have this busy bee airport (WAX?) to consider in my waking moments from now on...

And if you're wondering, only five stings in a year, and that all happened at once to one person with a lawnmower and a distracted mind. In fact, they're very gentle and are more likely to land on your arm lick some salt and fly off for something sweeter.

Look for full coverage of the wall excavation and colony transfer on Hypnogogic Zoo tomorrow...

("Birds and Bees" by Paul Gachot)