When and for how long?

Have we ever thought about when and how long we actually wanted to travel?

No, we haven't.

How about 2026?

Maybe sooner?

It will definitely be challenging to finance that.

Maybe later?

But why wait?

Ines suggested the idea of traveling from July to March, so over the winter.

Why?

Because of the bees. Our bees, which have brought us great joy every year and provided us with plenty of honey, needed us in spring and summer. From April to July is swarm season; no beekeeper can take a long vacation then. At the latest, after eight days, an intensive swarm check must be carried out, whether one likes it or not, otherwise the bees will leave.

Or could someone take care of our bees in our absence?

Perhaps.

But it would be easier if Sebb's father, who once had bees himself, only needed to handle the autumn and winter tasks.

We would try to arrange it so that the bees would simply not be harvested in July, but instead promptly receive their Varroa treatment. Then the animals would not need to be fed, but just the remaining mite treatment would need to happen in December, which would require only a few actions. In March, when swarm season begins, we would be back.