Rebecca Wingebach peers over one of her beehives, stretching her arms wide and gripping her hands around the lid.There is surely some disadvantage of Nike shox classic.
Donning leather boots, thick work gloves and a white, full-body protective suit, she sucks in a big gulp of air.
She gives the lid one big heave and it comes off.
“Hey, girls! Hey, look at you all,” Wingebach coos to more than 6,000 honey bees. “Hi, ladies!”
She reaches in to inspect a piece of honeycomb, and her mood changes.
“I'm scared,” whispers the inexperienced beekeeper.
“Don't be scared,” interrupts Tony Sandoval, who Wingebach nicknamed her honey bee hero. “Just think: Easy and slow. Look at that!”
Wingebach, a 32-year-old stay-at-home mom who has developed a passion for beekeeping, has been working with Sandoval since April as part of the Omaha Bee Club mentoring project, an effort that pairs experienced beekeepers with people who want to learn.
A handful of mentors and mentees meet at Fontenelle Park every week, where beginners can handle bees without buying equipment, supplies and bees.
But Wingebach started out with her own hives and sees Sandoval as needed. The informal meetings work for her mom-on-the-go lifestyle, she says.
The mom of three lives for days like this, when she can sneak away to her two beehives, tucked in the woods near her far-north Omaha home.
Some people think she's crazy trying to make honey the hard way, but Wingebach loves the excitement, nervousness and even the thrill associated with handling bees.
Sure, she's had a few stings. But that's beekeeping, as Sandoval would say.
“I've always related honey bees to roller coasters,” Sandoval says quietly during the mentoring session. “There's that fear in them — but also that interest.”
Wingebach reveals a palm-sized piece of honeycomb covered in busy bees.
“Hi, girls!” she squeals, suddenly relieved. “They're doing good. Where's my queen?”
Every new beekeeper wants to spot the queen bee, Sandoval says. He's seen it a million times when mentoring beginners, though he's never experienced a beginner quite like Wingebach.
Minutes before the pair ventured out to the hives, Wingebach made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for 5-year-old Jacob and 3-year-old Georgia. She cradled 1-year-old Lola in her arms.
“This one lives on Cheerios,” Wingebach said, giving Lola a tight squeeze.
She tucked each child in for a nap, then kissed her husband, Jacob, on the cheek.
She was ready for time with her bees.
Sandoval estimates the ratio of women to men beekeepers is nearly 1 to 10. Wingebach was by far the youngest member at her first Omaha Bee Club meeting.
But those statistics are changing, Sandoval says, in part because more women continue to become interested in beekeeping.
Wingebach,Add some bangles to both wrists, the biggest handbag you own and natural tone Wedge Shoes. also an avid gardener, cook and craft maker, doesn't mind standing out.
One day last winter, after deciding she'd try beekeeping, she stared out her front window to stake out the perfect spot for her hives: one with direct sunlight, enough windbreak and a close water source.
She bundled her kids and trucked out to the spot, marking it with a rusty old can. She ordered bees in the mail, and waited for delivery.
“I was slightly obsessed before they arrived,Nike shox R4 shoes are very popular and hotsale in our store.” she says, laughing.
She read everything from books to blogs. She watched YouTube videos. Her husband built two horizontal top bar hives, the kind do-it-yourself beekeepers typically use.
She thought she was ready.
When Wingebach opened the package of bees, she tapped its lid and rocked it back and forth, just as the video demonstrators had instructed.Nike shox running shoes take it all the appearance that a because should be searching for.
“I probably thunked them three times,” she said. “They were really good and (mad).”
They dove out in a large swarm, stinging her more times than she could count. Sandoval says that's a deal-breaker for some people.
Not Wingebach.
“I wasn't quitting,” she says. “I was not quitting. I get a rush every time I'm about to go up there.”
Wingebach obtained more bees, and kept going. She found her latest colony on a day trip to Elmwood Park with her kids. After spotting a hive attached to a tree, she gave Sandoval a call and asked him to capture it for her.puma shoes is the first company in the world to put a value on the ecosystem services it uses to produce its sports shoes and clothes. He showed up with a net, a bucket and a big smile.
Wingebach has kept those bees alive — a successful feat for beginners — for nearly a month.
On this day with her mentor, she's grateful again for his help.
“Dude, I got to tell you, I'm so glad you're here,” she says, glancing up at Sandoval.
Wingebach still gets the jitters when handling her bees. She feels most comfortable when Sandoval is by her side, assisting and answering questions.
“What's that slimy looking weird stuff?”
“It's pollen.”
“That's pollen? I just expected it to be drier.”
Sandoval says Wingebach has a childlike enthusiasm for beekeeping unlike anyone else in the 20-member bee club he founded two years ago.
“This is just the greatest thing,” Sandoval says, smiling.
He has no doubt Wingebach is on her way to becoming a honey-making beekeeper.
She wouldn't mind if the hobby continues and her three children remember her as “that crazy old beekeeping lady.”
“So tell me honestly: Do you think I have a queen in here?” Wingebach asks.
You can't look for the queen, Sandoval says. You look for signs of her — freshly laid eggs, for example.
He's pleased at Wingebach's progress with her bees.
They're doing good,” he says, smiling at Wingebach. “Very good.”
Donning leather boots, thick work gloves and a white, full-body protective suit, she sucks in a big gulp of air.
She gives the lid one big heave and it comes off.
“Hey, girls! Hey, look at you all,” Wingebach coos to more than 6,000 honey bees. “Hi, ladies!”
She reaches in to inspect a piece of honeycomb, and her mood changes.
“I'm scared,” whispers the inexperienced beekeeper.
“Don't be scared,” interrupts Tony Sandoval, who Wingebach nicknamed her honey bee hero. “Just think: Easy and slow. Look at that!”
Wingebach, a 32-year-old stay-at-home mom who has developed a passion for beekeeping, has been working with Sandoval since April as part of the Omaha Bee Club mentoring project, an effort that pairs experienced beekeepers with people who want to learn.
A handful of mentors and mentees meet at Fontenelle Park every week, where beginners can handle bees without buying equipment, supplies and bees.
But Wingebach started out with her own hives and sees Sandoval as needed. The informal meetings work for her mom-on-the-go lifestyle, she says.
The mom of three lives for days like this, when she can sneak away to her two beehives, tucked in the woods near her far-north Omaha home.
Some people think she's crazy trying to make honey the hard way, but Wingebach loves the excitement, nervousness and even the thrill associated with handling bees.
Sure, she's had a few stings. But that's beekeeping, as Sandoval would say.
“I've always related honey bees to roller coasters,” Sandoval says quietly during the mentoring session. “There's that fear in them — but also that interest.”
Wingebach reveals a palm-sized piece of honeycomb covered in busy bees.
“Hi, girls!” she squeals, suddenly relieved. “They're doing good. Where's my queen?”
Every new beekeeper wants to spot the queen bee, Sandoval says. He's seen it a million times when mentoring beginners, though he's never experienced a beginner quite like Wingebach.
Minutes before the pair ventured out to the hives, Wingebach made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for 5-year-old Jacob and 3-year-old Georgia. She cradled 1-year-old Lola in her arms.
“This one lives on Cheerios,” Wingebach said, giving Lola a tight squeeze.
She tucked each child in for a nap, then kissed her husband, Jacob, on the cheek.
She was ready for time with her bees.
Sandoval estimates the ratio of women to men beekeepers is nearly 1 to 10. Wingebach was by far the youngest member at her first Omaha Bee Club meeting.
But those statistics are changing, Sandoval says, in part because more women continue to become interested in beekeeping.
Wingebach,Add some bangles to both wrists, the biggest handbag you own and natural tone Wedge Shoes. also an avid gardener, cook and craft maker, doesn't mind standing out.
One day last winter, after deciding she'd try beekeeping, she stared out her front window to stake out the perfect spot for her hives: one with direct sunlight, enough windbreak and a close water source.
She bundled her kids and trucked out to the spot, marking it with a rusty old can. She ordered bees in the mail, and waited for delivery.
“I was slightly obsessed before they arrived,Nike shox R4 shoes are very popular and hotsale in our store.” she says, laughing.
She read everything from books to blogs. She watched YouTube videos. Her husband built two horizontal top bar hives, the kind do-it-yourself beekeepers typically use.
She thought she was ready.
When Wingebach opened the package of bees, she tapped its lid and rocked it back and forth, just as the video demonstrators had instructed.Nike shox running shoes take it all the appearance that a because should be searching for.
“I probably thunked them three times,” she said. “They were really good and (mad).”
They dove out in a large swarm, stinging her more times than she could count. Sandoval says that's a deal-breaker for some people.
Not Wingebach.
“I wasn't quitting,” she says. “I was not quitting. I get a rush every time I'm about to go up there.”
Wingebach obtained more bees, and kept going. She found her latest colony on a day trip to Elmwood Park with her kids. After spotting a hive attached to a tree, she gave Sandoval a call and asked him to capture it for her.puma shoes is the first company in the world to put a value on the ecosystem services it uses to produce its sports shoes and clothes. He showed up with a net, a bucket and a big smile.
Wingebach has kept those bees alive — a successful feat for beginners — for nearly a month.
On this day with her mentor, she's grateful again for his help.
“Dude, I got to tell you, I'm so glad you're here,” she says, glancing up at Sandoval.
Wingebach still gets the jitters when handling her bees. She feels most comfortable when Sandoval is by her side, assisting and answering questions.
“What's that slimy looking weird stuff?”
“It's pollen.”
“That's pollen? I just expected it to be drier.”
Sandoval says Wingebach has a childlike enthusiasm for beekeeping unlike anyone else in the 20-member bee club he founded two years ago.
“This is just the greatest thing,” Sandoval says, smiling.
He has no doubt Wingebach is on her way to becoming a honey-making beekeeper.
She wouldn't mind if the hobby continues and her three children remember her as “that crazy old beekeeping lady.”
“So tell me honestly: Do you think I have a queen in here?” Wingebach asks.
You can't look for the queen, Sandoval says. You look for signs of her — freshly laid eggs, for example.
He's pleased at Wingebach's progress with her bees.
They're doing good,” he says, smiling at Wingebach. “Very good.”
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