Coyote Peterson is in Tucson, Arizona. He is meeting up with this guy named Chris Brinton. Chris Brinton is a Bee Specialist. He is going to be showing Coyote Peterson what is inside a bee box. Coyote Peterson has so many questions to ask Chris Brinton.
Chris Brinton opened the bee box. There were lots of bees inside! Inside the box, Chris Brinton said right in the middle the queen bee is laying lots of eggs. All of the worker bees in the box are actually all females. Coyote Peterson asked Chris Brinton if he can take off his glove and put his hand over the bees in the box. Chris Brinton said yes he can do that and you would not get stung because they actually like being touched when they're working. So Coyote Peterson did that. And he didn't get stung. Coyote Peterson said he felt vibrating and he also said it was very warm when he put his hand on the bees. Chris Brinton said the bees actually keep their nests at 92 to 95 degrees.
Chris Brinton asked Coyote Peterson if he wanted to taste some of the honey right out of the box. Coyote Peterson said sure! When he did Coyote Peterson said it was really sweet and rich with flavor!
Coyote Peterson asked Chris Brinton if he could see the queen. And he said yes. They found the queen bee! The queen bee can only sting other queens so if they want to take over other nests. Coyote Peterson put back the queen and said well I think that's it for today!