9/24/12
Thank you Mr. Brown for writing this.
(Photos by Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe)
By Joel Brown
Globe Correspondent / July 5, 2012
If bees in any way reflect their keeper, it’s no surprise that Orren Fox’s hives are buzzing.
He keeps four hives at a family friend’s yard on the edge of the salt marsh in Newbury, just one of his many projects. The green one is the Celtics hive, filled with bees that survived the winter, and they seem a little agitated on this warm June morning. Orren, a serious sports fan, jokes mournfully that it may have something to do with the Celts’ game-seven playoff loss the night before.
He keeps four hives at a family friend’s yard on the edge of the salt marsh in Newbury, just one of his many projects. The green one is the Celtics hive, filled with bees that survived the winter, and they seem a little agitated on this warm June morning. Orren, a serious sports fan, jokes mournfully that it may have something to do with the Celts’ game-seven playoff loss the night before.
The other three hives were recently repopulated with new bees, which are busy and energetic but focused on the tasks at hand, paying little attention to their human visitors.
“This is a really mellow hive,” says Orren as he peers into one, bees flying around him.
That reflects the keeper, too. Sure, he’s protected by a beekeeper’s veil and white jumpsuit, but he’s also wearing flip-flops.
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9/7/12
Honey Harvest @BeeHappy
It is almost honey harvest in NE. I currently have 3 of my 4 hives heading into the winter with plenty of stores for the winter. I did feed two of the hives, which were new hives this year. My Celtics hive seems to have at least one honey super filled up. I hope this is a good sign for the team as well. Now begins the prep for winter: get the mouse doors in, make sure there are stores, check for mites, merge hives if necessary and clean the gear I brought home.
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