"Hi, Kathy. This is the West Omaha Post Office....
We have a live delivery for you."
And every time I come back with:
"YES!!! Is it the baby I ordered?"
"No ma'am. It is chickens/turkeys/ducks/, etc...."
Today it was bees...20,000 of them!!
"Hi, Kathy. This is ***** from the West Omaha Post Office. We have a live delivery here for you."
"AWESOME!! Is it the baby I ordered?"
"No, ma'am. It's two boxes of bees and one bee seems to have gotten loose. We'd like you to come get them as soon as possible."
"I'm on my way right now."
If I hadn't been in the car when I got the call, I totally would have worn my bee suit into the post office.
Last time I received bees, there were 30,000 and I hadn't even put my hives together. This time I'm still not as prepared as I should be...many of my new hive parts are being shipped....but I'm not scared beyond belief at the constant "humming" from the boxes.
My job while I wait for my new hive parts is to feed them a mixture of 50/50 sugar water....
....the same thing I feed Mary Kate:)
I know how to set the queen. I know how to feed the sugar water. I know how to put on my beekeeper suit. That's the extent of my knowledge.
My "kill" number for bees is currently holding at.......
30,000, not counting those "farm" bees that land on my kids.
We all have to be good at something.