Another fantastic day delivering Hives and Bees for clients. The weather in London was overcast, drizzly and dull, so I headed west to install Chris and Michelles bees. The further west I went the better the weather. Wiltshire and Somerset looked glorious in summer sunshine.
While stopping for another revolting oversized cup of coffee, I spotted my dream car and chatted with the German owner, Rudi. It was a genuine AC Cobra, of which there are only one thousand left in the world. Beautiful. Photograph below........sorry moving on !
Was greeted at Sallys (Michelles Mother), by a smiling welcoming party. They were all full of energy and enthusiasm and proceeded to kindly help unload and watched intently as I went about installing the bees into the hive, providing a running commentary (probably rather dull to be on the receiving end). After generous offers of more help and tea, I was on my way, via a quick visit to my old school and then back home via a quiet M4. Thank you for your hospitality Sally and Michelle.
If any of you want to hear what a swarm of bees sounds like, listen to the commentary from any of the world cup matches on BBC radio 5 Live and the constant sound of those massed vuvuzela horns coming across on medium wave is a dead ringer audio wise for a mass of bees in flight. I kept checking behind me to see that I didn't actually have a lot of bees flying around in the car ! There was one, but she was rather quiet and a little lost....bless !
More installations tomorrow and home in time for what will inevitably be the usual poor performance from Englands over paid and over there footballers.
Birthday gift delivery over the weekend along with David and Phil adopting their new and very own pollinators. Hope the garden is ready David !
Motorways are boring, I so much prefer Bee roads !
Beautiful AC Cobra.
Sally, her Daughter Michelle and grandchildren
Sallys new garden addition, with summer evening sun hitting the west side of the hive.
