I received an email this morning wishing me a Happy World Bee Day.
“What’s that?” I asked.
Exactly what it sounds like, as it turns out. And that’s exactly the sort of holiday I like to support.
World Bee Day 2024| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
We all know the bee basics. They’re important pollinators. They make honey. They make buzz. They like to join you at picnics.
But did you know that they also provide us with medicines and even help keep our planet beautiful and healthy?
As I head out to maintain my pollinator lawn, I leave you with this excerpt from “A More Ancient Mariner” by Bliss Carman:
The swarthy bee is a buccaneer,
A burly, velveted rover,
Who loves the booming wind in his ear
As he sails the seas of clover.
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J.R. Johnson 
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