Friday Bee Keeping Field Trip

April 3

Though I’m not in the Bee Keeping class I went on the field trip anyway. It was out in the country, which was refreshing to go out there and get away from the city. It was a gorgeous day and the place we went was really pretty and fresh, right on the river. We took a train there and then had to take a ferry across the river. The ferry was really funny. It was run by one man, just a small little metal boat that fit about 10-15 people. The “captain” would motor across half of the river then cut off the motor and drift to shore which he would ram the boat into and run up and wrap a chain around a pole so the boat would stay on shore. It was very amusing to watch all of this take place.

Once across the river we met Dalibor, the bee-keeping teacher. He showed us his beehives and talked some about bees. Then he took the bees out of the hive. We got to hold to comb with the bees on it and then got to even “pet” the bees. It was an interesting field trip. He then took us to the Bee Institute where he works and where research is done. We all had lunch and the Dalibor showed us all around. We saw the laboratories and got to have a honey tasting. Each different type of honey tasted very different from the one before it. My favorite might have been the creamed honey, which is a less messy consistency and can be spread on bread. It was good. We also went down into the cellar and saw where mead was made. I didn’t like what it tasted like though. It was too strong for me.

After touring the institute Andrew and I climbed trees and took silly pictures. We all laid in the grass for about 30 minutes before the ferry would take us across the river. It was gorgeous weather that day. We missed the first train back to Prague but caught the next one 20 minutes later. It was a good day.

Once we returned to Prague, I attempted to find the bus station to buy ticket for Michael and I to go to Cesky Krumlov. Of course I was unsuccessful finding the bus ticket the first time and then by the second try I found the station, but bought the WRONG tickets. I didn’t realize this till I was back at school at which point I had to turn around and go back and get the correct tickets. It was quite an excursion. Whooo what a day.