I spent most of the day in the cab of my truck. I had an interview with a beekeeper north of Birmingham. Way north.
The community was a new one to me. I turned onto the street as my GPS directed and I drove to what I thought was the last house. The person living in the house came out and said, you're looking for Bob. He pointed further in the direction that I'd been heading.
I drove through a gate and the road turned to gravel. In the middle of the field was a house trailer. Out beyond the trailer were beehives.
Pulling in, I pulled my camera and the tape recorder from my bags and knocked on the door.
I spent the next 90 minutes hearing about how this gentleman was working toward world peace.
He does have bees, but his main focus is inventing devices that can kill the various mites and parasites that threaten the survival of bees.
I've read it before, but he echoed what I've learned about bees. And that is that bees pollinate fruits, vegetables, and nuts around the planet. If we don't help bees survive, much of our fresh foods will be in danger. If we can't produce enough food to feed our people, the hungry will rise up. Thus his contention that he's working toward world peace. I'll write this story over the coming days.
I took the picture below when I stopped to eat on the way home. The restaurant had these hydrangeas and grass growing in one of their beds. I thought it would make a good picture.
The community was a new one to me. I turned onto the street as my GPS directed and I drove to what I thought was the last house. The person living in the house came out and said, you're looking for Bob. He pointed further in the direction that I'd been heading.
I drove through a gate and the road turned to gravel. In the middle of the field was a house trailer. Out beyond the trailer were beehives.
Pulling in, I pulled my camera and the tape recorder from my bags and knocked on the door.
I spent the next 90 minutes hearing about how this gentleman was working toward world peace.
He does have bees, but his main focus is inventing devices that can kill the various mites and parasites that threaten the survival of bees.
I've read it before, but he echoed what I've learned about bees. And that is that bees pollinate fruits, vegetables, and nuts around the planet. If we don't help bees survive, much of our fresh foods will be in danger. If we can't produce enough food to feed our people, the hungry will rise up. Thus his contention that he's working toward world peace. I'll write this story over the coming days.
I took the picture below when I stopped to eat on the way home. The restaurant had these hydrangeas and grass growing in one of their beds. I thought it would make a good picture.
