Gingerbread gives back

This gingerbread house won a ribbon at the state fair. It was dusty and not worth eating when I brought it home. So, after looking at it a few weeks one year, I sat it out in the garden thinking birds might like it. I was quite surprised to see it "moving" one day. A closer look and I was shocked to see a large group of honey bees had taken it over. They were inside and outside everywhere. I wonder what a pot of honey from their hive would have tasted like. Ginger-honey? Well, I let them have it for several days until the rain got it. When I planned to give a gift to nature after the holidays, it just never occurred to me it would be a gift to the bees!