April 4th--Rolls & Honeybees

Dinner in Amalga at Mom & Dad's. Every General Conference Sunday my Dad will bake. Usually cinnamon rolls, honey twist, bread, or rolls. This time he made rolls. We feed the kids first and don't let them know the rolls are still baking--we eat them as dessert. The adults sit down to eat, the kids finish and are of to play then when the rolls come out of the oven we have them all to ourselves. Okay, not really, but we have learned that if you offer kids hot rolls they don't want to eat their ham or potatoes and especially not their green beans. The kids ate so much food today they didn't even want the rolls! More for the big kids. We slather them with butter my mom's homemade raspberry jam and honey from my dad's bees.

Just a side note--the kids got to watch my dad put in his new beehives. He had two, but they both appeared to have CCD (Colony Collapse Disorder). This is something that effects many beehives and is kind of scary because bees pollinate so many of our crops. The worker bees abruptly disappear and then the rest of the hive dies out. Anyway my ordered two hives which he drove to Salt Lake to pick up. There are about 65,000 bees in these sealed up boxes that he just throws in his trunk and then drove back home! He said some made it into the car with him, but not too many. I think he should take his truck next time. He got both boxed into their new hives today and only got stung a few times. He actually didn't wear gloves he likes them to sting his hands because it helps with his arthritis. Hope the CCD stays away and we can get lots of honey this year.