The show bench
Everyone who sponsored a bee.
Laid out the way a honey show lays out its classes, by entry number. Everyone here asked to be named. Sponsor a bee and, if you would like, you join them.
Queen
One per colony, and everything depends on her.
Entry no. H1506
dom
sponsors BUCKET, a queen in Hive One
Workers
Female, sterile, and doing every job in the hive by rota.
Entry no. M2232
Euan
sponsors Hot Toddy, a worker in Hive Two
Entry no. M7560
Ben Vadgama
sponsors Porsche, a worker in Hive Two
Entry no. W7187
Lulu D’Urso
in memory of Chrissy Plummer
sponsors Chrissy, a worker in Hive Two
Forager
The last three weeks of a worker's life, spent outside.
Entry no. W3153
Paul Hallett
in memory of Lee Rawlinson
sponsors Fuzz-butt, a forager in Hive Two
Not everybody who sponsors a bee appears here. The bench is opt in, so plenty of sponsors are keeping it to themselves.