My Future Pets

Okay, I admit I would like a Saluki dog, but that's likely never to happen--I won't be heartbroken about it. What I want even more than a Saluki are bees. Yep, that's right, I've always been fascinated by bees since I was really young (I used to catch them in my fingers, and once I had pet drone) and someday I want to have my own hive. When I told Leo about my someday pets, he looked a little disturbed. But I showed him more information on the internet (including the fact that in Britain 99% of beekeepers are hobbyists) and he actually relaxed to the idea. :)See just look at this pretty hive, it would be a great addition to my someday flower and vegetable garden. Also, did you know that there's a honeybee crisis?!??!! There is! Bees are dying in the U.S. and European countries at an alarming rate. You can read about it on BBC here (my favorite news source) or on the Haagen-Dazs Help the Honey Bee website. I might end up to be a kooky old lady in a big hat with a "Save the Honeybee" sticker plastered on my car. Maybe. And now for a bee story. One time when I was in 5th or 6th grade, Kayli and I walked up to the gravel pits in Willard where for the spring hundreds of Cox's honeybee hives were set up. We could actually hear the bees before we turned around the point in the mountain and could see them. They were so thick it literally darkened the sky (kind of like a plague from Egypt). We started walking through them at my insistence, and I thought it was fascinating. The bees landed and were all over my face and arms--I loved it!!! Kayli however, was scared and started to run, which of course scared the bees and then because I was the one left in her wake, I was stung twice!!! Rudie!! I wanted to go back, but I was informed that rattlesnakes also loved it around the hives that year and I have no fascination for snakes, especially rattlers. Needless to say, I didn't go back.