Dan's Beard of Bees

On Monday Dan did something amazing. As part of the Western Apiculture Society's annual gathering that was being held in Victoria, he volunteered to model a beard of honey bees on the lawns of the legislature to demonstrate how docile honey bees are. As any good and supportive wife, I wrangled the children while he shaved his real beard, I e-mailed family and friends, called the newspaper and took out a handsome insurance policy on him.

It all went off without a hitch, except for poor Max who experienced his first bee sting (the little trooper was over it in about 5 minutes thanks to hugs from loving grandparents).

This will give you an idea of what it all looked like.

For more, you can visit Dan's Squidoo page on bee beards or on starting out in beekeeping. They are very cool!