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Subject:	Re: ancing Bees Communicate a Foraging Preference for Rural Lands
From:	Stan Sandler <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:35:41 -0400
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>    as a beehive is, as I have said from the start, "A
> small box of calm in a world gone mad."    Not everyone gets this at first,
> but after a while, even the most high-strung novice realizes that the bees
> don't mind being inspected, and are not stinging their gloves. Then the
> gloves come off, the veils are unzipped and folded back, and the beekeeper
> forgets to be afraid, and starts to be humbled in amazement.
>

That is really well-said James!!!
The "humbled in amazement" has persisted for more than 40 years for me.
"The small box of calm" is incredibly therapeutic.

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