Bee-ing Green

i hope i don't sound like a braggart

when i say

i have knowledge of a lot of things

need a business plan?

i can set you on the right path

hungry?

i can make you a good meal out of whatever you have in your pantry

toilet leaking?

not a problem

need a gift, dress, ride?

i'm your gal

but when it comes to beekeeping

i am completely green

a rube

bush league

novice

rookie

(insert your best out of my league insult here)

and now

after two years of talking about it

dreaming about it

pestering about it

we are going for it

hubster and i have decided

that this year is the year

the year we start our hive

if you may remember

this summer past,

we stalked a local beekeeper

and have been doing some reconnaissance

and finally are ready

to have our own hive

so today

i ordered our bees

3 lbs of bees and a queen

of the finest bees money can buy

mite resistant

and

very prolific

and all ours

i will name each and every one of them

bob

except for the queen

she will be

shirley

because i like the sound of

shirley and the boys

shirley and the boys are fighting

shirley and the boys are busy

shirley and the boys.....

yes...i know all about the workers

and they are female

but i use boys like the italians do

when the male and female are mixed together

it is proper to use the male plural

for simplicity

so there

my bees will know nothing about

betty friedan

and i'm okay with that