-Posted by Isaac

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

Our California girls came home!

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

I started on the unloading.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.