<em>On a recent Monday (my day to go grocery shopping and do laundry among other things), I added poinsettia delivery to my errand list. </em>

<em>Several people at various schools bought the holiday plant from our kids for a band fundraiser and they came in on Friday. Our living room was quite festive with sixteen poinsettia plants in it.</em>
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<em>I took six to an elementary school before grocery shopping. </em>

<em>I can now add floral delivery person to the list of jobs I do not want to do full time.</em>

<em>When I returned home on that afternoon, I noticed bees gathered on the edge of a pot on the back porch. It was strange so I took a picture with my phone and sent it to Beekeeper Brian asking what he thought. He had no idea.</em>

<em>I loaded up more poinsettias and headed to the middle school. On my route, I passed Beekeeper Brian, headed for the house. My first thought was “he’s going to check on his bees.”</em>

<em>But when I got home after my poinsettia deliveries, he was in full beekeeper garb, standing at the stove with a glass measuring bowl full of a lemony smelling liquid. He then said the words which always signal the beginning of an adventure – “I need your help.”</em>

<em>He needed to know how hot the liquid was. I went into bread making mode and thought about how hot water for softening yeast needed to be. After a quick finger test, I assured him the water was not more than 100 degrees.</em>

<em>He then carried the liquid outside. As it turns out, the bees were making a small swarm which means they were preparing to “fly the coop.”</em>

<em>Oops, that would be the chickens who do that. I’m not sure what it’s called when bees leave.</em>

<em>Beekeeper Brian then put the queen from the swarm in a nuc (small hive box) and put feed (the lemony smelling liquid) on top. He’s watching to see if the worker bees go into the nuke with the queen.</em>

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<em>Meanwhile, he’s thinking of alternate plans to entice the bees to hang around. This could mean another hive and more honey!</em>

<em>There is never a dull moment around here.</em>

Life on the farm is certainly full of adventure with all the elements of storytelling: Goal, Motivation , and Conflict.

<strong>YOUR TURN: </strong>Any dull moments in your world?