To add weight, that comment would be reported as coming from Albert Einstein who, in fact, never said it. Then came the alarming comment that made the rounds about humans having four years to live should honey bees vanish. About 10 years ago, we started to hear reports of “raptured” bees: colonies that just collapsed with no trace of bees, alive or dead. What actually got me to start beekeeping, was the decline of honey bees. As one neighbor put it, “you are crazy as all fuck.” Then, I put on the ritual wear for the win. When they joined the back yard, I clinched the neighborhood badge for crazy-weird. Something that ties everything together: the land, the plants, the animals, the Paganism, and the neighborly shock. They murmured and broke some of the silence.īut still, wilder and all, something was missing. It became far less manicured, and soon it became a little oasis for birds, squirrels, and possums. I slowly let the backyard rewild a little, a questionable strategy in Florida. The silence can be maddening, so I convinced myself that the backyard had to go native: no more grass (as in Bermuda and St. There was something missing: the complaints of neighbors. Soon, the pond had frogs, small herons, and minnows. I turned to aquatics - pond gardening - with tropical water lilies, floaters, duck potato and finally to bog plants, carnivorous ones. You want to grow unusual plants they whisper, “plant me.” Personally, I blame heirloom tomatoes. But soon, as is what happens, you want more. Hi, my name is Manny and I’m a beekeeper beek for short.
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