Thursday
6th November 2003
GGC Indoor Meet
Suzanne
Ullman Bee-keeping
BEESOTTED
Where
the bee sups there sup I
In
my backyard they do fly!
Oh
well sonnet form is obviously not my forte and Bees could really do
with the Jilly Cooper or Harrold
Robbins treatment, sex and violence or what!! I guess quite a few
Glenmore men could fancy themselves in the roll of Drone – lots of
lazing about in a pheromone induced trip with an eye (large and
faceted- all the better to see you with my large virgin queen!!)to the
main chance, not lifting a hand about the hive or offering to help
with the kids either, while it has to be said, even in these
“liberated” times I suspect most of Suzanne’s female audience
empathised with the worker bees, the cleaners, nursemaids and
homebuilders. For myself, I toyed with the roll of 1st
Virgin Queen, piping my siren song, flying high and fast in a cloud of
irresistible perfume, lots of sex and no commitment- in fact the
ultimate brush-off, but on mature reflection (damn its no fun being
middle aged) I decided to be a forager. You get to explore and you
don’t have to learn how to use a GPS it just comes natural, and you
can dance a waggle eightsome reel without Harrold
shouting at you!
It
was a fascinating talk and the honey is delicious.
Rosemary
Masterton
