I never gave the honey bee much thought. Oh I appreciates their hard work in my gardens, and admired their devotion. I have always loved the taste of honey and can remember cold October afternoons chewing on freshly cut honey combs at a local farm. But I never really thought about them. I stumbled across some article on the intranet discussing Colony Collapse and other problems our Bees and bee keepers are facing in what started to seem to me to be a dwindling art. I then watched the newly release documentary on honey bees called Queen of the Sun, where their plight is discussed along with the economic repercussions for the world and environment.  I was moved and humbled by such greatness from such a small animal. As a true believer in learning lost crafts and arts I decided that honey Bees will be my next adventure. 

With the fall about to settle in I have begun to look deeper into this project and have started to rope off where I will keep my honey bees and build my honey house. I look forward with great joy to be able to not only give my friends and family gifts from my gentle honey bees but also being able to give back to the environment which has taken such incredible care of all of us.

"There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance." Thoreau