The sun returned today with not a cloud in the sky. This morning we spent trying to plan our movements over the next couple of months and also observing Rod the beeman who had come to replace queen bees in hives where required. We suited up and watched. The bees are delivered by mail in individual little plastic cages with a couple of other bees for company. the hive is stripped down and if the queen is found to be past her prime in terms of egg production she is removed and killed and the new bee inserted in its cage. After a couple of days the worker bees eat through the wax plug holding her in and she starts her life of making bees. It was interesting to watch and we learnt a few things.
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| The old queen..... |
Bee work. The video is a little bit jumbled but I think you get the idea. The queen is in the bottom box and kept there by the grid. She can then only lay eggs and make new bees in the bottom. leaving the top boxes for the honey.
After lunch we went for a drive to Black Head, Red head (of course) and Old Bar which are all seaside locations. Susan expressed the craving for an ice cream in a cone. At Old Bar the closest seaside town to Taree we spied a gelato & expresso shop so parked and wandered up to the open doorway only to be curtly informed they closed at 4. Perfectly understandable on a summer afternoon in holiday season. Makes me think all this information I hear about struggling small businesses is rubbish since they never seem to be open up here when I want to use them. Fortunately the Gelato bar was open in Tuncurry.
We returned to the farm and sat in the shade of the car listening to the audio back before Susan prepared a pasta and bacon tea.
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| Best sunset tonight we have seen in a while |
night folks
Simon
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