God’s creation is so amazing. Recently we have been getting ready to start a beehive. As part of this, we have been learning about God’s creation of bees. Bees are an amazing creation. From the detailed ways they can communicate with each other, to their all fulfilling their vital roles, to their knowing to take an orientation flight when their hive is moved. Oh, there is so much more… I almost skipped writing this post because I can’t begin to share how amazed we have been as we’ve learned about these amazing creatures. That can be another post once we learn more.
As we did our research we decided to go with a horizontal hive. Most hives you see are vertical hives with boxes being stacked on top of each other (vertically). Our hive is horizontal with direct access to the whole hive. (It seems that the vertical hives work better for commercial beekeepers since they can be moved in pieces to move them north for the summer and south for the winter. For our just being where we are, we liked the benefits of the horizontal hive.)
One thing that I like is that we won’t be buying bees. Instead we will “trap” them with bee traps in trees. (While called “traps”, the goal is to create a great spot for bees so that they will choose to move in and make a home.)
I don’t want to speak beyond my fuller understanding, so I’ll need to write more when we have more experience and can share what we are learning along the way.
For now, I just want to share our latest adventure in learning and amazement at God’s creation!
Note: One interesting fact that we learned is that “killer bees” (Africanized honey bees) aren’t found in nature at all. They are the “brilliant idea” of scientists looking to create a more productive honeybee. The plan was to cross the genetics of two bees to have a better honey bee, instead they just got really angry bees, which escaped the lab and multiplied and spread (sound familiar…). God’s ways are best and there are consequences when we mess with His creation. We learned about it from a book, not Wikipedia, but it has basic information online.
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