Category: Bees
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Bouncers in the Bee hive and a Most Unsettling Steer
WELL we all made it through another day and another night in one piece peacefully. Such a beautiful day yesterday. I have decided that TonTon is actually sleeping with Mama because she is casting such a big shadow. Do you see? Mama has a dogs tail, someone is using her as shade. How embarrassing! Daisy…
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“You’ve strangled me?” I said to the nice man, moving Moaning Mia out of the way with my hip.
“Throttled. Yes Ma’am.” “So.. TonTon I cannot play with your ball from in here! Think about what you are doing! Mia stop that, stop jumping! Wait.” I said to the little man. “Mia, Get OUT of the chook house. I have got to fix this door. Stop that, this is a phone not a toy.…
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This was not my breakfast
Our John reckons that this beer looks like something they might drink in The Hobbit! But I have not been the mad scientist again. If you look closely you will see the tree hut! It was so beautiful and warm yesterday evening that TonTon and the cats and I sat out on the verandah. We…
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How to make Beeswax Christmas Candles.
Just imagine your beautiful sparkling Christmas table is dressed. With all your lovely china and polished cutlery, little vases of flowers and the most perfect table cloth that you do not want to spill candle wax on. So, beside the sparkling wine glass and the beaded water glass, is a beautiful delicate tiny, little, tea…
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How do I ruin a perfectly good pair of Sheer Black Stockings?
Make beeswax! Didn’t expect that did you? I have these beeswax cappings left over from this fall’s honey making process. They have been sitting and waiting patiently for me to render the honey out of them and collect the wax. I have a special pot that I keep just for this job. It is impossible…
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