We all know that when the men in white suits come for you – you must be crazy. But this crazy man was wearing a white suit – and installing three pounds of bees and a queen in each of two hives. CRAZY, I say.
The fact that the bees arrived on April 1st gives yet another dimension to the craziness/foolishness of this endeavor. And yet, here they are.
Perched on the hillside – far from the house, facing south/southeast with some trees and shrubs to protect the back of the hives from wind, we think they are in the perfect place. Now they just need to get busy and pollinate my garden, fruit trees, blueberries, raspberries and the like – and a little honey would be nice too.
No Rhyme or Reason Farm 
I bet you are. You are very brave.
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He’s brave. I’m chicken. I kept my distance and used the zoom feature on the camera to get a few pictures.
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Uh, you know you can buy honey for like $8 a pound in pretty much any grocery store.
Just sayin’.
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But the stuff in the grocery store isn’t “real” honey that you have to suffer over and get stung in the process. Something about all that angst should make our own honey be that much sweeter… or so they say.
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Do you have a smoker?
Lizanne B.
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We do, but they were so docile and full of sugar water that he didn’t even need it — this time!
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Wow, he is crazy! Did he get stung?
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No stings! Not yet anyway…I guess it is inevitable at some point.
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Sieht echt gut aus, Männer in weissen Anzügen vom Mars, oder so! Viel Erfolg mit den Bienchen und wenig Stiche in die Haut! Bin gespannt wie die Ernte ausfallen wird!
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Where is his smoker?
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He’s like Dr. Doolittle. He just talked to them and didn’t need his smoker.
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