There is never a dull moment at our kula ha\u02bbaha\u02bba!\u00a0 Always “bee” ready for whatever comes your way.\u00a0 Just prior to lunch a swarm of honey bees landed on a tall ti leaf plant just outside of our kindergarten & 1st grade pod.\u00a0 Our caring grounds and custodian crew quickly called upon several bee-keepers in our area.\u00a0 Bee-keeper Jeff Judd of Volcano quickly came to our rescue to take care of our new \u02bbohana of bees.<\/p>\n
According to Mr. Judd, the bees (and LOTS of them) swarmed and followed the queen bee who decided to land in our ti leaf plant.\u00a0\u00a0 There were so many bees that the weight of them bent the plant!\u00a0 \u00a0He simply placed a bee box near the hive, added some scented bee\u00a0 balm and immediately, the bees literally “walked” into the box.\u00a0 The queen bee apparently went into the box quickly and the remainder of the bees followed suit.<\/p>\n
It was an absolutley incredible thing to see.\u00a0 For those of you with bee phobia, Mr. Judd related that these bees were not in the “attack” mode.\u00a0 Thank goodness!\u00a0 Mrs. Iaea Honda was the first brave soul to want to “hold” the bees in her hand.\u00a0 Mr. Judd rubbed some sweet smelling balm on her hand and she simply scooped up a bundle of bees!\u00a0 Next, one of our favorite groundskeepers, Uncle Kawika, did the same, and finally, Kumu Marcie decided to step on the wild side and scoop up some bees as well.\u00a0 WOW!\u00a0 It was way too cool!<\/p>\n
Students from our first grade classes had an opportunity to witness it all – behind the closed glass windows of course!\u00a0 Mr. Judd will leave the bee box overnight to make sure all the remaining bees enter into the box.<\/p>\n
So, always “bee” ready for an adventure, don’t “bee” afraid to take a risk and learn and always “bee”have!<\/p>\n