We held our Annual Picnic for the Maine State Beekeepers.
 
Fred Hale was one of the attendees, He recently had to give up
beekeeping and is now in an assisted living home, but still gets out. He
is 107. He has been keeping bees for more than 90 years. When he was
105, he was seen on his roof sweeping off the snow. A while later he was
in front of his house shoveling the sidewalk. When asked how he got off
the roof, he said - jumped!
Got a picture of him with two other active beekeepers, Harold Swan and
Stan Brown. The total length of time the three have been keeping bees is
more than 210 years. That is a wealth of experience.
No great thoughts here. It was just good to see them.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME