My mail shot for work last week has already resulted in several appointments! That’s without any follow-up being done by me yet. I’m going to start phoning round when my Mum and Dad have gone home later this week but I’ve already covered the costs of it with the work I’ve drummed up already. Hurrah.

I’m giving lectures/tutoring/teaching children about the world of bees. Today I’ve had my first paid session at a school and I loved every minute of it. Mind you, it’s completely exhausting, if also utterly invigorating.

Bees are of critical importance to us. Without them, the world as we know it would not exist. If we think we have problems with feeding the population of the world at the moment, then that’s nothing compared to the problems of feeding a world when we’ve got no bees buzzing around pollinating for us.

They are extraordinarily complex creatures, living in highly organised communities where each creature works tirelessly on behalf of the good of the whole. I had no idea about this a year ago, when I started my bee journey. I’m only scratching the surface now but I am surprising myself with how much I’ve learned in the last year.

The early indicators are good for making at least a partial living from this and I’ve got two job interviews lined up for part-time work to keep the wolves from the door if this doesn’t generate enough to live on. Is this the beginning of a truly new life? I do hope so.