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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks to our friend Martin, we now have two thriving hives of bees again. Since this coming winter will be their first one here, we likely won&#8217;t harvest any honey this year to make sure they have enough for themselves. Needless to say, we look forward to enjoying the fruit of their labors in years [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Thanks to our friend Martin, we now have two thriving hives of bees again.  Since this coming winter will be their first one here, we likely won&#8217;t harvest any honey this year to make sure they have enough for themselves.  Needless to say, we look forward to enjoying the fruit of their labors in years to come, so long as they can survive the cold weather and the bears!</p>
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