Los Angeles, March 23 – Hollywood actress-director Maggie Gyllenhaal has revealed that she accidentally killed her husband Peter Sarsgaard’s beloved bees while she was entrusted with caring for them.
The 55-year-old actress is an avid beekeeper and has hives at her family’s home in Brooklyn, New York, as well as at their rural retreat in Vermont, but “The Bride!” director Maggie admitted that a series of unfortunate events led to the bees’ demise when Peter left her in charge of his precious insects while he was away in Europe for an acting job, according to ‘Female First UK’.
During an appearance on the SmartLess podcast, Maggie initially attributed the bees’ death to a “beekeeping mistake”.
She said, “All of his bees in Brooklyn died because he made a mistake. He made a beekeeping mistake, and he was so upset about it. I was like, ‘Peter, you were in Switzerland, acting, and then you went and did another movie in London, and you were home for a week, and your bees died. Some people’s only job is beekeeping. Give yourself a break’”.
However, when asked whether she may have “neglected her responsibilities in caring for the bees?”, Maggie replied, “Yeah, maybe I did”.
Co-host Jason Batment then said, “You know, she had something on a piece of paper saying, ‘Baby, all I need you to do is water the bees for me’”. The actress responded, “He’s not wrong”.
According to ‘Female First UK’, the actress also discussed her family’s home in Vermont, revealing that it is located deep in the wilderness, and she tolerates it because Peter loves it there.
She shared, “We have a house in Vermont… way deep inside the national forest, but I’ll be honest, it’s really because of my husband. I love Vermont, but it’s really his place. I go there sometimes, but it’s pretty remote. The other day, we were stacking wood, and Peter and I were laughing and saying, ‘Do you think this is what our friends imagine we do when we come here?’ He raises bees and chickens, taps maple trees, and has a lovely garden. If I knew it was only for a week, I could do it”.
Peter previously discussed keeping bees at his home in Brooklyn, admitting that he keeps the hives in the backyard, and his neighbors don’t mind.
He told ‘People’ magazine, “A lot of what I do in my downtime is beekeeping and gardening. My neighbors don’t have a problem with my bees. In fact, there’s a kid who lives next door, and he’s really into them, so he’ll come by, and I’ll stand in front of the hives and show him that the bees aren’t going to do anything”.
“Bees get blamed for a lot of wasp behavior, but the things that sting are usually wasps or hornets. Bees don’t typically do that. They’re doing everything right,” he added.
