NEWS FROM NATIONAL!
News, thoughts, comments and reminders from WNF&GA
Not the famous “Flight of the Bumble-Bee” but our now infamous ”Plight of the Bumble-Bee,” which threatens us all beyond our worst nightmare…imagine a world without fruit…a world without vegetables… a world without flowers.
Several branches have already taken note of this and have incorporated lectures and information on the bees in their programs. The importance of bees to us cannot be stressed too much and desire to keep bees should be encouraged if it is practical. Of course, there are rules about keeping bees in some communities and these should be checked, as well as being aware that some people are highly allergic to bee stings. But these caveats attended to. It would seem that NWF&G should have bee-awareness as their active, collective goal for this current year regarding agriculture and of the Ambler Greenhouse project our fundamental organizational goal.
More information and sources on bees will be forthcoming; our bees cannot hang by their wing tips this summer. They cannot wait for our next voting assembly so your President proposes a bee pin for every member who has a hive on her property… in her backyard if it is feasible or on her farm or wherever a hive is possible. This pin will be a personal gift of the President as well as a prize of $250.00 to the branch reporting the most work on behalf of the bees; $150.00 for second place and $100.00 for third place.
In the meantime, we are hard at work preparing the New England meeting. Mary Bertolini is finalizing the hotel accommodations and Susan Hunt is working on the “events”. And all of us are exchanging ideas about top-notch speakers. That includes all of you. Send in your thoughts to us, for we want you to have a good time, make friends and see New England in the early summer and go home with new ideas and knowledge which will enrich your lives.
Enriching lives, that was the vision of our Founders, as is ours.
Now that is the real buzz.
Yours In WNF&G -
Faith
July 2008
