Turns out the compost bin we abandoned three years ago is full of bees. We noticed bees buzzing around our back deck. Then, last weekend, at the graduation party we were hosting, MR got stung. A trip to the doctor and a Prednisone prescription later, her finger is better but her fear is not.  None of us like insects with stingers. Today, after much local research and the moral imperative to save the bees, Jim Hogg--loquacious beekeeper and public school teacher ("I save kids during the year and … [Read more...]