The Bees Knees by Elsie

Whats up? Im Elsie and right now Im going to tell you about my Dad, well,his job really. Anyway,we cant stand about gossiping all day, so full speed ahead I jolly well say!!!

My Dad's a bee keeper. That's someone who looks after bees. He gets up at 5:45am every morning to go to his work out at Arataki. There is a lot of work involved, such as feeding the bees in winter, extracting honey from the hives and the list goes on to the moon.

We also have hives on our front lawn. The question that my teacher asked me yesterday was this: How do you stop the bees going into your neighbours' homes and backyards, especially when you live in a neighbourhood in town and not out in the country? The answer is simple. Are you ready? And the answer is... Drum roll please... You dont!!!There is NO way whatsoever to keep the bees on our property. None! Lots of bees fly off looking for flowers and are never seen again, but that doesn't matter because the queen lays eggs almost every day. ELSIE, DO YOUR NEIGHBOURS COMPLAIN ABOUT BEES BEING IN THEIR BACKYARD AT ALL? DO THEY NOT GO INTO THEIR YARDS?

Having Dad as a bee keeper is awesome in capital letters. Of course it has its avantages and disadvantages. One avantage is that we haven't bought our own honey for two or three years. Another is that Ive learnt truck loads. Did you know that a good hive should have at least 40 thousand bees? What else? Oh yeah,all the females gang up on the males in the winter and kick them out to die just so they can have the food for themselves. Buzzy old world isnt it? A disadvantage is that when you have bee hives at your home, you tend to get stung a fair bit,which is a problem for me because I have a slight allergy to bee stings. The worst one Ive had was when I was stung on my eye.Ouch!!!

The honey our bees make is multi fluoro or mixed honey. We dont do anything to it so its sraight from the hives. The honey is really sweet, and then as it slides towards the back of your throat,you get that intense thickness that makes your eyes water...Delishimo!!!Thanks for reading.

Oh yeah,I nearly forgot. Dad sells his honey so if you want some,please blog back and place an order with Elsie. It's $10.00 for a large jar of honey and $5.00 for a small jar.