It was 1986 when a friend first cracked the propolis and lifted the lid of a Langstroth hive for my benefit. A docile European species rose in a startled cloud. Gentle and unafraid, their keeper held the frames up and located the queen. I was gazing, entranced, into a winged and buzzing kaleidoscope when a single worker zipped out toward a…
Katie Welch
Katie Welch is the author of Mad Honey.