Polranny Pirates hear about bees

Like all things momentous, having bees in the garden of the Polranny Pirates' hide-away started quite innocuous. It was on one of the days between Christmas and New Year that Ken and Toke Stevens from Newport came to dinner with the Polranny Pirates. Toke told us about the exploits of her children who we know since they were born, but lost sight of after they grew up. Timothy, the eldest, his mother said, was into bees; in a rather serious way, actually. Wow! Bees! That sounded interesting. Bees the charmingly creative, honey producing insects with a nasty painful and sometimes dangerous sting. While beekeepers, at least the one I knew, were thoughtful, patient and caring. When he was a child we used to call Timothy ‘the philosopher’ because he thoughtfully mulled over bits of information. It seemed somehow appropriate that as an adult he would get into bees. Photo: Amanda Stevens