| EARTH ART AND FOODS |
| The final product looks and feels very warm and cozy. |
| The next task was to reinstall the lighting and making sure everything is functioning. We are going to spend some time cleaning and organizing the place and getting it ready for drywall installation. |
| Earlier in the summer season we thought we had seen two bear cubs behind the workshop. Our suspicions was confirmed when we found our bee hives were pushed down by them (probably the mama bear). Fortunately for us, our dog mannged to run the off before they could get the honey and it was cool enough that the queen bee had decided to stay in the hive. |
| This gave me an opportunity to clean the hives for the fall and harvest some honey and bees wax (about 8 pounds for us to consume and make soap with). |
| We had a helper, Chad, Peggy's son who was a great help in moving all my tools into the shop and helped build the side addition to the building. |
| Everything went back together as they should and the bees were once again happy at home. We kept a light on in the area for several days hoping to discourage the bears from returning. So far so good. Several years ago a brown bear about 600 pounds destroyed all my four bee colonies and ate 70 pounds of honey on the first serving. After I put everything back together, he came back and totally demolished the hives and caused the bees to retreat. That was a big loss both for us and the bees. |
| Here we are almost done with the roof decking. The other side is all shingled and ready to go |
