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		<title>June Tunes: A Song of Garden Chaos</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A lot going on here. What it is, ain't exactly clear. June was garden chaos at it's best, or worst, depending on perspective. Bee swarms, wild animal visits in broad daylight, attacks in the night.... I bushwhacked through grass, thistle, bindweed, and bramble to find my way through this thicket of life...]]></description>
		
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					<description><![CDATA[A swarm of honey bees has decided to move into one of our empty Warré hives at Barbolian Fields. Thoughts about honey bees and native pollinators. Is there room for both?]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Blythe]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a true tale of honeybee determination, courage, against-all-odds survival, instinct over reason, fate, and loyalty to the point of willing to give up one’s own life for the protection of one’s brethren. Also a few of my thoughts on bee intelligence.]]></description>
		
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