Anecdotal good news

Dearest and I have returned from our last round of "babysitting bees" at the county fair for the year. This year's crowd of visitors to the local beekeeper's booth seemed head-and-shoulders more informed about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) than, say, that of two years ago. Naturally, a couple kids mentioned "The Bee Movie," which didn't surprise me. What did surprise me, however, was the young man who credit the movie with giving him the answers to three of our posted trivia questions.

So it seems as though word is getting out--huzzahs and handsprings. If there's any silver lining to the spike in food prices, it's probably the fact that people are paying more attention to their next meal.