Comments on: Honey and the Bees http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:40:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-664 admin Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:19:12 +0000 http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/#comment-664 I don't know what would be worse the Oompa Loompa suit or a bee suit. . . the bee suit, definitely. I don’t know what would be worse the Oompa Loompa suit or a bee suit. . . the bee suit, definitely.

]]> By: Angie http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Angie Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:10:48 +0000 http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/#comment-663 I had forgotten about the "bee suit" conversation, and had another good laugh about it when I read this enty.....OK, so I'm a little behind.....But just imagine, Erin in a bee suit. I had forgotten about the “bee suit” conversation, and had another good laugh about it when I read this enty…..OK, so I’m a little behind…..But just imagine, Erin in a bee suit.

]]> By: Bordeaux http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Bordeaux Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:10:05 +0000 http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/#comment-650 I've always been very curious about harvesting honey as one of my grandfathers used to do this on the farm. But I am just way to afraid of bee stings. So congratulations on your bravery! I also have this funny image of you in my head now (not that I have any idea what you look like really) of you standing in your protective suite ready to spray the bees in case they attack! I’ve always been very curious about harvesting honey as one of my grandfathers used to do this on the farm. But I am just way to afraid of bee stings. So congratulations on your bravery! I also have this funny image of you in my head now (not that I have any idea what you look like really) of you standing in your protective suite ready to spray the bees in case they attack!

]]> By: Kim http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-644 Kim Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:58:13 +0000 http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/#comment-644 Oh man, the trip sounds amazing and delicious. I love honey. Also, if you need someone to eat zucchini bread...W. and I would definitely suffer through. ;) Oh man, the trip sounds amazing and delicious. I love honey.

Also, if you need someone to eat zucchini bread…W. and I would definitely suffer through. ;)

]]> By: Griffin http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/comment-page-1/#comment-631 Griffin Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:45:40 +0000 http://theendivechronicles.com/2008/08/29/honey-and-the-bees/#comment-631 It's the bees I feel sorry for, unlike wasps who have unlimited licence to sting you as much as they like, bees sting once and their sting stays in you. When they try to pull away, the sting tears out much of them and they die. Yet, they are honour bound to protect their hive against the honey-swiping intruders. They are the most noble of insects. I never panic around bees, but when I see a wasp, I feel like drawing a sword against their fiendly stinger and words like 'Have at ye varlet' come to mind! They are also under threat from a horrid little mite called varroa that is slaughtering bees worldwide. So far science cannot find a cure and without bees, we humans will suffer... and not just because we'll be honey-less. The best thing for honey - a teaspoonful in Greek Yogurt or Creme Fraiche. Stir vigorously then eat slowly. Or, make some bread and have fresh warm bread and honey with a little butter to stop the honey leaking through the bread. Real comfort food. As a kid, I made (by mistake) a honey omelette. I'm sure there are books with real honey recipes (unlike the rather delicious mistake). You had me going with your description of the zucchini as big as a small infant. In the UK, the zucchini is the baby one, what we call a courgette. The bigger, grown up is a marrow. It’s the bees I feel sorry for, unlike wasps who have unlimited licence to sting you as much as they like, bees sting once and their sting stays in you. When they try to pull away, the sting tears out much of them and they die. Yet, they are honour bound to protect their hive against the honey-swiping intruders. They are the most noble of insects. I never panic around bees, but when I see a wasp, I feel like drawing a sword against their fiendly stinger and words like ‘Have at ye varlet’ come to mind!

They are also under threat from a horrid little mite called varroa that is slaughtering bees worldwide. So far science cannot find a cure and without bees, we humans will suffer… and not just because we’ll be honey-less.

The best thing for honey – a teaspoonful in Greek Yogurt or Creme Fraiche. Stir vigorously then eat slowly. Or, make some bread and have fresh warm bread and honey with a little butter to stop the honey leaking through the bread. Real comfort food.

As a kid, I made (by mistake) a honey omelette. I’m sure there are books with real honey recipes (unlike the rather delicious mistake).

You had me going with your description of the zucchini as big as a small infant. In the UK, the zucchini is the baby one, what we call a courgette. The bigger, grown up is a marrow.

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