Born and raised in the Republican cornfields of Indiana. (I apologize for Mike Pence, former governor of Indiana. I was horrified to learn that he would be our president-in-charge-of-vice.) I grew up on farms and to this day cherish my farm background. Discovered a consuming interest in ornithology at age 14. Started keeping bees at the age 15 and did so for the next 50 years. To this day I remember vividly the thrill of hiving my first swarm of bees. When I shook the branch they were clustered on they fell to the sheet I had spread in front of their new home and like 10,000 compass needles they turned and "flowed" into the hive." I was enthralled!! Kept bees for 50 years. Spent 20 years in the nursery and landscaping business and all the while an active & committed conservationist
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