Letters to the Editor
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Honey, you shrunk the sneeze
The buzzing of bees and the purring of cats - two relaxing sounds I'd hate to live without.
Regarding honey's natural medicinal purposes, it's the best allergy prevention item one can ever invest in. Ingesting local pollens via swallowing local honey is responsible for my allergies going from raging to nearly nonexistent.
And not only is a spoonful of local honey each day a wonderful seasonal allergy rememdy, it's a lot sweeter to take ( and costs a lot less) than Allegra, Claritin or Zyrtec.
Wonderful essay, and a pleasure to read. I hope the missing bees are only a small anomaly, and not a portent of the future of our planet's delicate ecosystem.
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Viva the revolution
Hoorah for the bees! Who have fled their exploitative masters, even at the risk of dying. It is the bee revolution you've all been waiting for. You reap what you sew. Maybe you shouldn't have taken ALL of their honey every year? Repent! (Or better even. Learn from your mistakes!).
What did you ever do for the bees, eh?
Bee stings are good for you. And good for us if you are allergic. ha ha ha.
--Bee Advocate
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Brilliant
Thank you for this beautiful piece.
I worked with honeybees at UC Davis for a summer many years ago. I got stung three times, far enough apart that I never got comfortable with it.
I remember how fascinated I was with the drones, who held to such a high standard of absolute and utter laziness. I would bring my friends by the hive just to show them, "Look! They don't do anything! They just lay around and get fed, waiting to make their move on a queen!" (ahh, the low budget dreams of young male undergrads!)
In your two short pages those memories re-awoke in me. I should look into starting a hive of my own.