Comments on: 2001 http://themelononline.com/2008/09/2001/ Your Daily Dose of Vitamin World Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:39:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jen Drake http://themelononline.com/2008/09/2001/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Jen Drake Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:14:02 +0000 http://www.themelononline.com/?p=371#comment-629 Truly I loved being a beekeeper. My brother and his wife were in National Geographic in 2004, and told their story of how they met and fell in love over bees. Although my brother really hates beekeeping! My sister-in-law's family were a feature article in NG sometime in the 1990s--May, 1994, I think?--anyway, the GOOD news is, I didn't squish needlessly any bees--they were on the rim anyway, and when you are having to work fast, you have to sacrifice a few now and again. It just made me feel better to be able to sacrifice a few, anyway! Also, anytime a bee stings you, it dies. Poor buggers, but they had it coming to them. I and my ex ran a 2,000 hive operation, and loved working outdoors! On 9/11 I also was wondering if everyone knew the attacks were happening that day. I wouldn't have known until out in the beeyard, where we listened to NPR while working. I didn't have TV, so I had to drive thirty miles to a friend's place to watch it all unfold. Truly I loved being a beekeeper. My brother and his wife were in National Geographic in 2004, and told their story of how they met and fell in love over bees. Although my brother really hates beekeeping! My sister-in-law’s family were a feature article in NG sometime in the 1990s–May, 1994, I think?–anyway, the GOOD news is, I didn’t squish needlessly any bees–they were on the rim anyway, and when you are having to work fast, you have to sacrifice a few now and again. It just made me feel better to be able to sacrifice a few, anyway! Also, anytime a bee stings you, it dies. Poor buggers, but they had it coming to them. I and my ex ran a 2,000 hive operation, and loved working outdoors!

On 9/11 I also was wondering if everyone knew the attacks were happening that day. I wouldn’t have known until out in the beeyard, where we listened to NPR while working. I didn’t have TV, so I had to drive thirty miles to a friend’s place to watch it all unfold.

]]> By: Electric Elliot http://themelononline.com/2008/09/2001/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Electric Elliot Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:59:15 +0000 http://www.themelononline.com/?p=371#comment-628 Great piece, Jen. You paint an incredibly vivid picture of beekeeping (a world I don't know anything about) and your life. Your discussion about being in front of the tv for the day and hearing about 9/11 on the radio makes me wonder what it must have been like for people without those connections. Are we living in an age where everyone knew that was happening or were there people that didn't hear about the day's events until some time after. I wonder if their response was as emotional. Anyway, great article. Thank you very much for sharing. Great piece, Jen. You paint an incredibly vivid picture of beekeeping (a world I don’t know anything about) and your life. Your discussion about being in front of the tv for the day and hearing about 9/11 on the radio makes me wonder what it must have been like for people without those connections. Are we living in an age where everyone knew that was happening or were there people that didn’t hear about the day’s events until some time after. I wonder if their response was as emotional.

Anyway, great article. Thank you very much for sharing.

]]> By: RR Anderson http://themelononline.com/2008/09/2001/comment-page-1/#comment-627 RR Anderson Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:10:50 +0000 http://www.themelononline.com/?p=371#comment-627 my grandpa-in-law is a small scale bee keeper. I was saddened to read about the bee squishing, but such is life. Nice article! my grandpa-in-law is a small scale bee keeper. I was saddened to read about the bee squishing, but such is life. Nice article!

]]> By: Chris Van Vechten http://themelononline.com/2008/09/2001/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Chris Van Vechten Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:57:22 +0000 http://www.themelononline.com/?p=371#comment-626 Probably one of the best one's yet! Along with Walker and Mr. Trotter's Probably one of the best one’s yet! Along with Walker and Mr. Trotter’s

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