My son David is a bee keeper. It started years ago when he read an article about allergies and honey. In addition, he heard that bees were dying off so he decided to help his family and the country by raising bees. Last year he harvested 82 pints of honey. David keeps a hive at the ranch as well as at home.
A grand niece of mine has a boyfriend who is working on his PhD in the economy of bees, so as I knew Katie was coming to the 55th, I invited Brock to come too. David and Brock talked bees at every opportunity. Of course, Brock knows lots on information about bees while David just knows how to tend to them, so David had lots of questions.
Brock is testing the genomes of different bees and has no Texas bees in his study. David was pleased to provide four bees for Brock to test but David brought no bee keeper clothes to the ranch, so he was forced to improvise. It was a funny sight. He wore his hunting balaclava which covers his whole face with only his eyes exposed. He tucked his pants into his socks and word a plastic raincoat worn by the girls. And he wore hunting gloves. It was quite a sight.
The bees were mad but he got his bees. Unfortunately, Brock was stung in the bargain. The bees will be mailed to York University, where Brock will determine the genome of David's bees, all to advance the science of bees, which is definitely an important issue of our time. David was happy to help.
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