Housekeeping

The magnum opus last week wasn't planned like that.I started with a relatively concise outline, fleshed out a few paragraphs in the afternoon, added a sprinkling of relevant scientific references, and dropped in the images to round it off. The following morning I completed my usual 'did I really mean to write that?' proofing, and the standard pre-submission tweaks … only to discover it was ~2,000 words longer than intended 😮.But I pressed the 'submit' button anyway 😄.This week I'm not going to make the same mistake. I've got an even briefer outline (actually just one word, the title of the post), will avoid the science, and have a self-imposed word count of 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,250 3,624 words.What could possibly go wrong?Don't tell the bees, but the beekeeping season is overIn my little corner of the Scottish Borders the bees are foraging busily, there's fresh nectar in the boxes, and pollen-laden workers are still landing clumsily near the hive entrance {{1}}.During the warmest part…