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Give me ambiguity, or give me something else.

Jayne Barnes

-Posted by Isaac

By far the biggest news of the week was what took place early on Tuesday morning.

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Our California girls came home!

Return of the bees! After a quick lesson in semi truck unstrapping and net-rolling,

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I started on the unloading.

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Within minutes I could tell that we were dealing with some super strong hives. The bees would boil out the entrances at the slightest bump.

And some clusters were bulging out the bottoms.

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It only took an hour and a half. Unloading is not nearly the ordeal of loading.

And no getting stuck this time— I thought ahead— we now have a gravel patch instead of a mud patch.

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Later that day, my suspicions were confirmed— these hives are awesome!

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Whatever doubts or hesitations I had about going to the almonds have vanished. This little gamble has paid off in spades.

I spent the rest of the afternoon popping lids and dusting a probiotic. Saying hello. It’s so good to see my girls again. Missed you guys!

Probably 90% are splittable right now.

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But we won’t have queens until next week. The spring busyness starts then. I will however, right now, make a bold prediction: we’re going to have a huge spring honey crop.

Maybe the best ever.

Just press pause for a couple months! No mortgage payments. No rent. Loan forgiveness… for just a little while. Isn’t this plausible? Just to press pause on the thing? Make it the Year of Jubilee.

That makes me think. A friend from church posted this insightful article. Well stated. Christians don’t need to be congregating on Easter when they’re busy saving society.