Bees, the pillars of life; they pollinate 80% of our food crops. The next time you stir a teaspoon of honey into your tea, or spread it on your toast, remember that a dozen bees traveled 6,000 miles to produce that teaspoon of their elixir.
Eaglesfield does not engage in pesticides that threaten this wonderful keystone species. The bee in this image might actually be a bumble bee, but like their honeybee cousins, they too are crucial to the earth's pollination needs. He/she was enjoying the flower plants we hung at the barn.
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