<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/beekeeper-suitjun19.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5656" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/beekeeper-suitjun19-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>My new adventure into beekeeping requires me to don the proverbial suit. I've been described as a cross between Buzz Lightyear and the guys who maintain nuclear reactors. One thing I can say is that I'm glad my exercises at the gym are making me more flexible because zipping the hood on requires me to get both hands round the back of my head and down my back - beekeeper and contortionist.

No bees yet but I hope to pick up the nucleus in a couple of weeks from a friend and then I will be buzzing. Before anyone gets too excited it's unlikely there will be any honey this year. The hive needs to build up the number of bees and its food supply to survive through the winter. I also need to learn how to extract the honey.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/damian-hirst-ypsjun16.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5657" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/damian-hirst-ypsjun16-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>On a completely different tack I went to Yorkshire Sculpture Park on Sunday and despite the forecast saying it would be dry it did rain around lunchtime. For the first time ever the exhibits were a disappointment. The lower gallery was closed and some of the pieces like the Antony Gormley had been removed. The Long Gallery was open and raised the question when is adornment, like tattoos, a criminal ornamentation.

This Damien Hirst sculpture were breathtaking in its size and the accurate depiction of a child in the womb. It reminded me of the <a href="https://bodyworlds.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Body Worlds</a> exhibition that Jane and I went to 20 years ago.

I need to plan my visits better in future...