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On Jamaican bees, and their keepers

May 21, 2021

“Oh Bees,” she says. “I send greetings to your Queen. I wish to be her friend, and to prepare a safe home for her, and for you who are her daughters, and to tell you the news every day. May you carry messages from the land of the living to all souls who dwell in … More On Jamaican bees, and their keepers

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