Robert writes home #55 Nov 26, 1995
Nov 26, 1995
Dear Mother,
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving.
We went down to San Clemente, CA to visit Alan and Bonnie, Janet's brother and his wife, for Thanksgiving. The weather was very pleasant. It was almost good enough to make up for having to drive the LA freeways. We took a stroll on the pier and watched the surfers. On the way down we stopped at Disneyland for the afternoon. Sam couldn't remember ever having been there. I think it's been at least 12 years since we were to Disneyland. On the way back we had to take Charlie to a playoff game in Corcoran. Dos Palos lost and we got home after midnight...which is real late for an old man like me.
Yesterday I harvested 2 five gallon buckets of honeycomb out of the walls of my barn. A colony of bees settled in between the walls of my barn two summers ago. About three weeks ago I saw what looked like a bee war at the entrance of the hive when I got home from work. The next morning there were dead bees all over the ground and the activity at the entrance was greatly reduced. About two weeks later I saw ants going in to the hive. I've not seen ants bother an active hive with bees to defend it before so I figured that the bees I saw there were robbers from another hive taking out the honey. So, yesterday I got up early and pulled the nails out of two boards and pried the off to expose the honey. It was real interesting. They had built the comb in tiers like the pages of a book. I took a video picture of it. I was pretty excited. I have been wanting to get some honey out of that hive for a long time, but didn't know how to do it without getting stung.
We're having a dust storm today. I guess it's time for winter weather. Our first foggy days started last week...
We pray for you every day.
Love,
Robert, Janet, Charlie and Sam
Dear Mother,
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving.
We went down to San Clemente, CA to visit Alan and Bonnie, Janet's brother and his wife, for Thanksgiving. The weather was very pleasant. It was almost good enough to make up for having to drive the LA freeways. We took a stroll on the pier and watched the surfers. On the way down we stopped at Disneyland for the afternoon. Sam couldn't remember ever having been there. I think it's been at least 12 years since we were to Disneyland. On the way back we had to take Charlie to a playoff game in Corcoran. Dos Palos lost and we got home after midnight...which is real late for an old man like me.
Yesterday I harvested 2 five gallon buckets of honeycomb out of the walls of my barn. A colony of bees settled in between the walls of my barn two summers ago. About three weeks ago I saw what looked like a bee war at the entrance of the hive when I got home from work. The next morning there were dead bees all over the ground and the activity at the entrance was greatly reduced. About two weeks later I saw ants going in to the hive. I've not seen ants bother an active hive with bees to defend it before so I figured that the bees I saw there were robbers from another hive taking out the honey. So, yesterday I got up early and pulled the nails out of two boards and pried the off to expose the honey. It was real interesting. They had built the comb in tiers like the pages of a book. I took a video picture of it. I was pretty excited. I have been wanting to get some honey out of that hive for a long time, but didn't know how to do it without getting stung.
We're having a dust storm today. I guess it's time for winter weather. Our first foggy days started last week...
We pray for you every day.
Love,
Robert, Janet, Charlie and Sam
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