Two incredibly good things made possible by insect pollinators. I’m stating the obvious of course.
But stirring the umpteenth cup of hot lemon and honey this week, for the whole family flattened by a nasty cold, the simple connectedness of it all, embodied in the therapeutic drink, strikes through my brain fog. The lemons, from a scraggy tree in the garden, were pollinated by bees and other insects several months ago. I remember watching them. And the multiflora honey, from local father and daughter beekeeper team Mike and Shona of Harris Road Honey, is made by honeybees, feeding on flowers around this neighbourhood. I stumble back to sleep, nourished by the drink and the interdependencies of insect, lemon tree, honey and human.
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You know, I hadn’t made a conscious connection before now between honey & lemon drinks, bees and humans. Like you I’ve been whipping through lots of lemons and spoonfuls of bush honey, fighting off a full on cold. I’ve never noticed the pollinators on our lemon tree – but of course they were there, otherwise no lemons! Thank you for helping us make those connections, through your blog
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Hey Pam, sorry to hear that you are not well too. A lot of it going about I think with change of season. Thank goodness for lemons and honey. Where do you get your bush honey?
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Here is the right web address of our local beekeeper. Their story is inspiring. https://www.graftershoney.co.nz/pages/our-story
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