Dear OS Listers,
We cherish the bees on the fertilization work they do at the Open Space.
Recently I found another reason to appreciate them. It appears in a poem of
Emily Dickinson's ( cited by Calvino) :
A sepal, petal, and a torn
Upon a common summer's morn -
A flask of Dew - a Bee or two -
A
Dear Shay Ben yosef,
even thorny roses are visited by bees and bumble bees as I just noticed
in our garden! Bumble bees, by the way, are out much earlier in the
morning and out much longer in the evening than bees... they fly at
lower outside temperatures and perform their work more quietly and
