sweet to the soul.
Proverbs 16:24
This is a drone bee, which is always a male. Their job is to mate with the queen and immature queens. They do not have a stinger, making them easier to hold.(above)
The Beekeeper is pointing to one of the larva, which is the stage after the egg in the lifecycle of the bee. (below)
Below is a queen bee with some of her worker bees.
We headed outside to see the hives first hand. I was surprised that none of my kids were nervous or concerned about getting stung. They did an awesome job listening to the instructions on how to behave around the bees. In each one of the stacks of boxes there lives 50,000 bees, with one queen bee. Prior to opening the boxes (I am sure there is a proper name but I don't currently know it) they were smoked so that the bees lost their sense of smell disabling them to warn each other of danger. We were shown the combs of honey and the different types of bees at work. It really was incredible.
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