Another day in paradise

Nobody ever uses the word "caper" now other than when referring to the little beany, pea fruit thing.
It's been along time since anyone went capering merrily down the street, or pulled off a daring caper.

I will not let this word die!

So I already spent my birthday giftcards. Instead of focusing on Spider Robinson I ended up rounding out my Neil Gaiman collection.

I'm still missing Coraline, though.

I spent 5 minutes reading about honeybees. I always wondered why they make honey as I was under the impression that insects died over winter, then I wondered if they do need it to survive over winter, how much do they need and how much honey can we take from them? I mean, it's not like cows is it? when we just wean the baby cow early and then keep all the milk. So, for the record, wasps and bumble bees die over winter. Honey bees do not. They huddle together in the bottom of the hive for warmth and live off of the honey. An average hive needs about 20 lbs of honey to survive the winter and can produce about 55lbs.