there isn't enough to do, so I outlined a book early this morning

"Muy querida" was my first assignment, this morning. I heard from a distant friend for the first time in years, and that was the salutation. I am slogging through horticultural Spanish, so subject article agreement are way beyond my payscale.

I just checked a blog I set up for a friend, and she was able to send a video from her iPhone, first try. How gratifying. such things are fun parts of the job. Backups and network security are the nuts and bolts- have to be done, hard to do well, and not very visible.

Which is why I love working with bees and gardens, too. Luckily, it won't freeze while I am away for the next few days. I don't have to get the plants in quite yet. It takes some work to make sure they are bug free before I let them into the house. I just have to keep the bees going. They need to store as much sugar water as possible so that I can get them through the winter. And I have to check them for varroa mites, today.

Don't ask about the book idea- It is a great idea and will write itself or die on the vine. I hope it lives. 

Bee updates

Monday rainy and quite cool. I checked my bees yesterday, and they had snarfed both Thursday's 2:1 sugar and yesterday's. So it is time to get bulk sucrose. C12H22O11 for those who can rem a little Organic. It is costing me about 54 cents a pound. I use the instant hot faucet to get the granules into solution. Nice addition to the lab, don't you think?