Honey of the Woods

(image courtesy of Dreslough.com and Bean's coloring skills.)

The bees have been working very hard this summer. It's amazing how much they can produce when they have a good queen. This queen is kind and helpful to all who work for her. Everything must be on time and build to perfection, or at least that's what her mother had taught her. You see, this little Queen was very young when given the Thrown. She loved her hive and at 15, was doing her best to appear wise and noble. It shows in her honey. We congratulate her on her first harvest of honey. Oooppps! Or should we say, "Thank you for letting us steal your honey and rip down your old condos without stinging us to death!" Yes I'll go with that one.

Here's our little bees stampeding into flight.

Here's a picture of the real teen bee.
You see, Lorraine and I are right, REAL queens DO have big bums. I could be queen of the world!

Lorraine sent me this package of honeycomb. I must say, these are amazing creatures. It tastes, as Lorraine said, "Like the woods". I couldn't agree more. With me on my model diet, I tried to find a way to add protein to the snack because I LOVE honey. (sugar is a no no when you are training) So, I cut off a small cube and coated it with roasted flax seeds. Mmmm. It was baklava without the butter. Heavenly! Who knew about flax seeds? (My vegan friend told me about these yummy, unknown seeds)


The honey put my favorite "Really Raw Honey" brand to shame. The honey was clear and bright, like the color of sunshine. It's texture was much lighter and not as syrup-y as the honey from the store. I am treating this little box as a precious gift, know how long it took for our queen bee and her workers to make such a tasty piece of art. Each little comb was perfectly shaped, like bee condos. I felt a bit guilty eating this delicate piece of sweet architecture.