With a paint brush in hand, Tina Vaziri is often away having adventures with Mr. Bee. Her travel notes are filled with illustrations, sketches, and stories.

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oh snap, bees | October 12, 2007

Mexican Honey Bee

Do you know what another beautiful thing about Mexico was? They had honey bees at Xcaret (an eco theme park) that had no stingers. Their hives were beautifully carved out of wood, and the entire area smelled sweet like flowers.

The sweet smell seeped out of the wood, everything had soaked it up. There was no one else around, so it was just David, Mr. Bee, me, and the Mexican honey bees. Mr. Bee and I were in heaven, David also enjoyed it because he saw how happy we were.

Their lack of stingers, allowed us to get as close as we wanted to the hives. We walked into their area and stood with our faces three inches away from their hives, watching bee after bee come in and out of their beautiful entrances.Mexican Honey Bee

Mr. Bee was all like “¿Cómo estás, amigos?” and we just giggled. It was perfection.



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8 Responses to “oh snap, bees”

  1. Rosie Says:

    Oo how prettyful! Bees without stingers? I bet you really wanted to pet one! (too bad they’re not so cute when super up close huh?)

    Reading all your posts really makes me wanna go to Mexico! :P

    October 12th, 2007 at 11:11 pm


  2. Tina Says:

    Yeah, they’ve got nothing on MB’s cuteness.

    Rosie, we totally need to vacation together, tewwwtaallllyyy.

    October 13th, 2007 at 9:56 am


  3. amy Says:

    i was scared of bees until i learnt about them one year in biology class and then started to watch them. they are totally amazing :) and i am loving hearing about your mexican adventures!

    October 14th, 2007 at 3:41 am


  4. Tina Says:

    Amy, I think they are totally amazing too. I love how there is so much still unknown about them. That way I can say that most of the reasoning is magic! Hah

    October 14th, 2007 at 8:25 am


  5. Michelle Says:

    bees without stingers? those are my kind of bees!

    October 14th, 2007 at 8:45 am


  6. Lisa Says:

    I’m with Michelle. While I was shooting flowers last weekend, a bee attacked me. Well, not really attack… more like hovered nearby. I love Mr. Bee, but the rest of them? Not so much.

    October 15th, 2007 at 1:59 am


  7. Clink Says:

    I didn’t even know that there WERE bees without stingers. I hate bees so bees without stingers = PERFECT WORLD FOR CLINK.

    October 15th, 2007 at 11:20 am


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