Saturday night was a blast. I am officially old. Ben whose 21st birthday it was; was being cool with his mates, all Afgan veterans as far as I know and not one of them more than 25 years old. Humbling really. The funny thing was they were scared to death of the cocktail fueled older ladies and Mancunian young ladies. They went clubbing at midnight. We went to bed. It was a really good night.
Sunday dawned really early with the sun blazing in the window. After a leisurely start I dropped H and cousin Colette together with Miss L and her "cool" [says Miss L] cuz Sarah Jane into town [Manchester]. I had to fettle Mums PC and had a chance to "chillaxe" as Miss L would have it. I picked the posse up a couple of hours later complete with their bargains. A spot of lunch and we were off. It was a hot and slow drive home. I contacted my bee supplier and we arranged to meet at 9pm. Today was collection date for the insurance bees. Insurance because I ordered them last year in case my hive did not survive the winter. The hive did survived the winter and had swarmed [a swarm in May is worth a ........] so I now have three hives, Growing bees is easy, capping them is hard. Ten PM Sunday night found me in the apiary transferring a very full nuc of bees to their new home, a national hive. It was too cold really [cold is a relative term] but needs must. I did not fancy leaving them in the travelling nuc box for a few days. I did the transfer by the light of the moon and got stung a dozen times for the trouble of giving them a new home.
It was all a bit special at the apiary on Sunday night. It was very warm in a Mediterranean way, a waxing half moon casting an eerie light from a clear and utterly still sky. The only noise being the gentle tinkle of the Mease. No wind ruffling the plastic of the Strawberry tunnels, no aeroplanes or any other sound of machinery; road, farm or airborne and since my blundering about made a terrific noise the local roosting Pigeons had long since flapped off into the night. Tired but inwardly content I made my way home. Ready for the week ahead? I doubt it but I am content with the bigger picture. Carpe Diem
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