Honey bees are in big trouble right now, they're being decimated by mites and a virus. Last year there were hardly any in my privets. Normally the hedges are humming all through July. Last year, silence..
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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