- Mystery
- GC8TEQH
- by Geomulma
- Location:
- Gelderland, Netherlands
- N 52° 17.110′ E 005° 36.515′
There’s plenty of buzz surrounding this Mystery Cache De bijen van PenH (GC8TEQH) in the Netherlands. Before geocachers can enter the hive and sign the logbook, they must learn about its hardworking residents, solve a puzzle, and carry their answers into the field.
The adventure begins on the cache page with a brief introduction to bees. A closer look at the text reveals that each occurrence of the Dutch word “bijen,” meaning “bees,” is a hyperlink.
Some links open interesting facts about bees with hints for the puzzle hidden within them. Others lead to bee-themed challenges, including a honeycomb maze and a word search. Together, the links provide the information geocachers need to solve the puzzle.
Along the way, geocachers learn that bees may collectively fly approximately 25,000 mi (40,000 km) to produce a single jar of honey and that a queen can lay as many as 2,000 eggs per day.
Each solution provides information for the letters in the coordinates. Once the values are calculated, geocachers can reveal the cache location. They should keep their answers nearby because the same solutions are also needed to unlock the cache when they arrive!
At the final coordinates stands a large, bright yellow structure shaped like a beehive. Hexagonal decorations cover its doors, containing more facts about bees.
To unlock the cache, geocachers must return to the solutions they collected from the puzzles on the cache page. Opening the doors reveals more educational material about bees and a detailed miniature display showing beekeepers tending their hives. Every section continues the theme and gives geocachers something new to discover.
Inside, visitors will also find the logbook and room for trackables. The cache owner encourages geocachers to treat the cache as a Travel Bug (pun intended) hotel, allowing trackables to rest their wings before continuing their journeys.
The cache owner asks visitors to search only between sunrise and sunset, handle the cache carefully, and return everything to the same place for the next geocachers to enjoy.
So, when you arrive at this unusual hive, don’t make a beeline straight for the logbook. Take your time, explore each section, and see what all the buzz is about.
Have you ever found a geocache that taught you something new?
Header image by Kreukloos.
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