The plan for today was very much like the one for yesterday; get up, let out chickens, breakfast, walk dogs etc.
However the air was warm, the skies were blue and the bees were flying. It might be time for the first colony inspection of 2025.
I checked the air temperature and it was just over 15 ℃. Warm enough, provided I was quick and didn't let any uncapped brood chill.
I started to gather my equipment and made a mental list of things I might need; a pack of candy, a couple of frames of stores, fuel for my smoker and so on.
As I prepared my smoke fuel* I felt somewhat peckish and headed in for a spot of lunch.
After eating I prepared to go up to the hive when I noticed that the sky had clouded over and the air had chilled ... Bugger! It now looks like it will be Saturday before I get a chance to see how the colony are doing.
With an inspection being out of the question, I decided to take Hobson for a walk around the Three Miler. I checked my blood sugar** and thought "that'll be alright" and headed out of the door.
As I reached the furthest point from home I started to feel a little odd and checked my blood glucose again ... Fuck! It was very low and I had stupidly not brought any emergency snacks along with me.
It was a long, slow trudge back home, which was fortunately uneventful.
It is fair to say that I did little else for the remainder of the afternoon, other than recover.
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* a short cylinder of rolled corrugated cardboard
** Welcome to the world of diabetes
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Badman