April 2009 Honey Queen Report
April 19th, 2009 | 
Author: Hello Everyone,
I hope you all are enjoying this beautiful spring weather as much as the honey bees must be! What a wonderful time of year!
I went to see my own bees yesterday and found most of them doing very well. The bees in my strongest hive have a habit of rearing drone brood in the space between the hive body and super (1½ story brood chamber), so when the super was removed, some of those drone cells were torn open. We scraped the burr comb and larvae off of the frames and set them aside, and thus began, for me, a new adventure in beekeeping.
I have heard of people eating bee larvae for medicinal purposes, and I know they are very nutritious.., so I ate some! Yes, I actually did it (although doing it felt really strange!). The flavor was rather mild and not unpleasant, and I think it somehow tasted like the bees smell, I will not, however, be making a steady diet of this.
Now, to get back to business…
On March 111 visited Mary Evans Elementary in northwest Allen, where I spoke to a group of about 25 K6th graders in an after-school environment class. The teacher who invited me had been at the Blackland Prairie chapter Master Naturalists meeting where I gave a presentation on February 10.
As Honey Queen, I am coming into one of the busiest times of the year, with several more events coming up this month, including presentations to the Columbian Squires at Harlan and Mary Hicken’s church, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton; the Denton County Native Plant Society; a home school group in Carrollton; and the North Richland Hills Green event. This should be an exciting month!
I look forward to seeing you all at our next meeting!
Happy spring! Queen Allison
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About Allison Adams
Allison Adams is the 2009 Collin County Honey Queen. She is the seventeen-year-old daughter of Ned and Caryl Adams of Plano, Texas. She began beekeeping five years ago through the Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association youth scholarship program and has thoroughly enjoyed it ever since. She also finds pleasure in drawing, cooking, gardening, sewing, English country dancing, and most of all, spending time with her family.
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