Bweyale Beehives

[emo_snal]

[I missed last week's LJI deadline due to mistaking the due date, but still wrote an entry, please check it out (: ]

Thursday, October 29th, Day 26, Bweyale, Northern Uganda - As is all too often the case, we didn't get to actually openign any beehives until we'd been in Bweyale several days, until the last evening we were there actually. People

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[froganon]

Cousins had hives and I was treated to a new bee hatching in my hand unplanned. I was too fascinated to be afraid. I said something like "look, a bee is hatching". Cousin scooped up the bee and put it somewhere else. Cool. Yes, I would be willing to do it again. The smoke was pleasant and the bees were lazy. Sorry your folks are afraid!

[emo_snal]

How fun! One of my former coworkers the first time I took him to the bees he experienced a queen hatching out in his hand. I was like "you lucky bastard, it took me years to experience that"

[absynthe77]

I've been keeping up (mostly) on your posts, and I just want to say thanks for doing this. Your life is worlds away from what I see on a daily basis, and I find it both entertaining and broadening to see your first-hand accounts of your travels and travails. I am also now possessed with a desire to visit Ethiopia. I had the good fortune to work with a gentlemen from there many years ago, and with your stories and pictures, I find I am captivated by the beauty of the land and the people.

[emo_snal]

Oh Ethiopia is absolutely lovely. Safe! Relatively clean as far as Africa goes. I usually wing it but if you want something more structured there's plenty of tourism agencies in Addis which could organize whatever you want to do for you. More world heritage sites than anywhere else in the world... Gosh I love Ethiopia. :D

[watching_ships]

Seems like beekeeping is something you'd really rather do in the daylight. I have no experience with it myself, but your description is very vivid and I don't think I'd feel confident out there in the dark, confined by the suit.

[emo_snal]

Yeah like I said, you can't see a thing! Beekeeping IS looking at the frames of the hive and determining what's going on there and what you can do to best help them! All you can do in the dark is steal honey!

[eternal_ot]

Ohh...I wish Alex would have learnt his lesson and may venture out in the day next time onwards. Interesting read as always..:)

[emo_snal]

Yeah. There's a family that lives maybe 200 meters from the beehives that he claims get stung if they work them during the day, but that really ought to be more than enough distance. /:

[yachiru]

I am so so afraid of bees but you're kinda making them grow on me. At least the keeping aspect of them.

[emo_snal]

Well I'm not sure this episode is exactly much encouraging but they're really quite sweet (: