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The Queen Bee’s Broken Appendage
Gail’s biology lesson was blush-worthy. The Queen bee mates with about 10 drone (dude) bees at once, about a week after she’s born. When business time is finished, the drone’s penis breaks off and stays inside the Queen. I’m grateful it was Gail, not Steve, who shared that news with us. Continue reading
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Honey at Adelaide Apiary
I hopped out of the van at Adelaide Apiary, Mike and Laurie Pauls’s Mays Road farm. We were there for a refill on the honey jar we’d bought a month ago. Laurie greeted me and motioned for us to walk … Continue reading
