Doug's Bees in Guelph, Ontario

Doug’s uncle and aunt kept about 12 beehives behind their two story stone house at Sydenham, Ontario. One bright, summer, Sunday afternoon, when Doug was about four years old, he was visiting with his parents, who were sitting with the family on the front porch of the sprawling Empire Loyalist farmhouse. Doug decided to investigate the little houses in the back yard. He decided that a hammer might be a useful tool. He soon was running as hard as his little legs would carry him screaming that “The little houses are biting me!!!” This was his first introduction to honey bees.