Hope everybody had a good Christmas and New Year's! As a first year beekeeper I got a lot of bee-related presents this year. I got a bookmark with a resined worker on it, a beautiful necklace that looks like honeycomb filled with honey, and the book "Bee" by Rose-Lynn Fisher which is full of electron microscope photographs of bees and their anatomical structures, which is sooooo cool! My favorite thing that I got though is a native bee observation hive. The front of the hive swings open to reveal the holes behind Plexiglas so you can see the cell chambers behind them. It has holes sized for mason bees and leafcutters. The funniest bee gift I got was a beekeeping Barbie Doll! It's actually pretty fun, she's got her jacket and veil and gloves on, although her veil is split down the back to accommodate her ponytail, which is hilarious! The set comes with this pseudo-flow hive with one removable frame, two honey bears, and some little plastic flowers and bees that you can stick all over them, as well as a little plastic tablet with apple pay for the honey bears on the screen. Although I don't collect Barbies, I am a toy collector, and I have little sisters who I play Barbies with sometimes, so it was a really fun gift. What's the best beekeeping gift you got this year?
(Also by the way, if moderators think this is better in the Coffee House, feel free to move it. I'm not sure if it's bee-related enough to be in the general forum, or since it's just chit-chat if it's better over there.)