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Simone and I followed “honey” signs from the main road and landed in a driveway buzzing with bees. I rang the door bell and not a second later I heard someone say hello coming from a different part of the house. We engaged in one of those sidewalk dances where you are walking towards someone and you step out of the way but they also step in that direction – except we kept missing each other going from the front door back to the side door near the garage. I’ll call it a door dance.

Sue enjoys going to fairs and seeing familiar faces. She marvelled at how bees have the ability to work together in complex ways and create what they need: “If they need drones they’ll make them.” At this point I would highly recommend reading the Wikipedia article “Drone (bee)” and related beekeeping literature. It’s a fascinating world. Sue and her husband Dana inherited the bees from someone who passed away. They say it is hard work but an important part of their desire to live in harmony with their immediate surroundings and sustain themselves from it. Sue and Dana grow beautiful flowers and a bounty of garden veggies. Sue used to tolerate bee stings but has since developed reactions and must carry epinephrine. When Sue was talking about the bees there was great care and respect in her voice.

[76] July 27, 2021