Woke up quite the swollen hand, and the other intern here happened to be stung in the same spot as I, swollen to the same extent. With both of us being practically useless, we took a relaxing day. While cleaning up my room my mosquito net ripped, so my project for the day was getting that fixed and hung again.
We were planning to process the honey-less comb into wax, but did not have materials safe to boil that would not harm the purity of the wax, so we will get them at the market tomorrow.
Day 11:
Woke up at around 4:00am to head to the farmer's market in Kingston. In order to beat traffic and the rush we didn't have any time to waste. The drive was roughly an hour and a half, and took us through a very scenic route in the mountains. The market was full of at least 200 different stands (both inside and outdoors), all selling roughly the same fruits and vegetables. It was the buyers job to know who had the best products.
Later in the day we went on a hike to this very secluded spot on a giant rock surrounded by ocean. We hung out here for a while before returning home to eat. On the way back, we stopped at many trees and other various plants where the children would eat whatever was growing on them.
At the end of the day, when the bees went home we began making wax. The combs were boiled multiple times to increase purity, and the product was left out to cool over night.
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