Spring Bee Hiving Moon
Well. Those bees I saw earlier. That got me excited about a successful overwintering. They were scavengers. Robbing the honey left over. So, now I will have two hives, as I imagined I would. Moving them them to the orchard. The bees will be closer to the house.
Also, a rite of spring today. I walked the fence line, about 2000 feet, looking for trees fallen on the fence (2, but not bad), holes dug under the fence (none) and anything else that compromises our dog security barrier. Nothing that can’t be fixed with a chain saw.
A cedar split a live, large branch. It hangs now, a fresh wound in the tree about 8 feet up. I can’t figure it. Healthy. Not really in the path of the winds. Yet there it is, a finish to half the tree.
Bright green grass, translucent in the near noon sun. Tiny shoots also bright green carry leaves still bound toward their date with the light. All round the forest has begun to wake up.
One of our apple trees will blossom this week, two cherries seem ready to burst into bloom, too. All over our property the land has shaken off the winter, mild though it was, and changed out its somber browns for productive green.
