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HoneyBee versus BumbleBee

15/5/2021

Last night I followed a twitter thread debating the pros and cons of beekeeping versus supporting the increase in our native pollinators.

If I had known then what I know now

I would have started this diary years ago
Every day I learn something new: I learn so much but I also learn that there is so much to learn

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