To Bee, or Not To Bee

"I was about to ask you that." Acere chuckled at his nephew's remark, "I guess I beat you to the punch then, hm?" "I think I've heard before that they're a way to make the bees calmer... Maybe it was with smoke? Or a scent of smell of some kind? If we could just calm them down enough to maybe break off a piece that would probably work... We could probably even use a couple of long sticks to break off a piece instead of having to get really close." Acere nodded along before launching into what he knew about calming bees. "Yes, smoke can be used to calm them down, and lucky for us, we have plenty of material to use just that," He barked to Finn & Lumi, instructing them to fetch a bunch of dried pine needles and some tinder he had stored in his cabin. "They'll start the fire when they get back if there's one thing those two kids are good at, is starting fires...must come from the mischievous side of their genes, being foxes and all." He grinned with humor before moving around the tree, giving it a wide berth as he inspected it. "The sticks are a good idea, though we should be able to get fairly close while they're calm. We can use the sticks to pry open a section of the hive, and potentially even use them as pokers to harvest some honey. If we're really adamant - and if you don't mind a few potential stings - we may even be able to extract some honeycomb."

He returned to his previous position near Casso, "Go fetch a thin - preferably bendable - stick if you can. We don't want them to be too stiff or it'll be more difficult to maneuver the way we want. Something strong but that will give a little. I think perhaps the branches of a young pine tree? Just don't forget to strip the needles off. Though if you find something better, feel free to use it." As for him, he was going to get a thin branch off one of the young pine trees and prepare it for when Finn and Lumi returned with the other materials.

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