Honey

Our honey is bought from real life bee keepers, not from no supermarket. Near our home, the bee tents are where we have to get off our bikes and push up the hill. The first time we bought honey they let us sample several different kinds from large metal containers in their tent. Another day a tarp covered in orange pollen was drying in the sun. They said bee keepers are welcomed by the government to set up camp on any open land for free. The bees are valuable for pollinating crops and fruit trees. Yesterday we bought honey, and they opened up one of the bee hives. The honey man pulled up a tray swarming with hundreds of bees. He said “Don’t worry. It’s too cold for them to sting you.” We even got to see a queen bee resting in a small bamboo cage for the winter. The queen bee is held in a cage otherwise she would be busy about the hive laying eggs. Only one queen bee per hive or they will fight with each other. In the spring and summer the bee keepers will travel all over China with their hives collecting honey.