Make Art on a Small Farm with the Tipsy Artist
First Time Collecting Eggs & Beekeeping! 🍯🐓🌿 Some moments in life are so simple yet so powerful —and this was one of them. This video is a montage of me stepping WAY outside my comfort zone to collect farm-fresh eggs (spoiler: I dropped one & learned that chickens will eat their own eggs! 😳😂) and experience beekeeping for the first time! 🐝🔥 I learned how to use smoke to safely handle the bees—something I never knew before! Here’s how smoke helps beekeepers: 🔥 Masks alarm pheromones – Smoke hides the chemicals that bees release when they sense danger. 🔥 Disrupts communication – It interferes with their sense of smell, which is their primary way of communicating. 🔥 Preoccupies bees – Smoke makes bees gorge on honey, which makes them full and way less likely to sting! 🐝💛 At the end, I couldn’t help but yell out, “I did it!” —because it truly felt like a huge accomplishment! 🙌 I’ll be honest—some days, I struggle. Some days, this journey feels heavy . But toda...
