What's the Buzz?

 

The purpose of this blog is to create a good buzz at the Shabbat table....please share, forward, and of course print....

 

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Thank you for the appreciative comments on last week's wonder of nature. 

This week, another springtime theme....

What you're looking at on the left is evidence of the Seinfelds' new venture into the world of beehives. 

Why? Long story.

How? I found this "Amish-made" starter kit. And then we ordered some bees from Gardner Apiaries in Baxley, Georgia.

Who knew that they would come like that, via U.S. Mail? I had no idea.

On Wednesday morning, we were sitting in our dining room and the doorbell rang. It was a mail lady. The mail is never delivered in the morning, and they never ring the bell.

She was holding what you see above - a mail-sorting box holding a cage containing what appears to be a thousand bees. 

It has all kinds of warnings on it, such as, "KEEP VENTILATED - BEES NEED TO BREATHE!"

The mail lady said, "We tried to call you but y'all didn't answer. I love bees and I was afraid of keeping them in the post office too long, so I just brought them over."

Can you imagine.

I'm going to keep this long story very short and just say that with the guidance of the friendly folks over at Gardner's Bees, we (I should say my fearless wife) got the bees into the hive and the queen's cage uncorked (a big deal, by the way) so we appear to be on our way to homemade honey for Rosh Hashanah!

We have a thousand things to learn, and yes we did get stung, but so far no regrets.... I'll keep you posted....

First question for your table: How many foods can you name that rely on bees for their pollination? (to the left is a clue; here's a list of 95)

Second question for your table: What's more amazing — that you can mail a box of buzzing bees, or that a postal worker would make a special delivery because she's concerned for the bees' welfare? Or that yours, truly would try such a hobby?


Shabbat Shalom


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