Greetings to all in our beautiful hive, both near and far. We hope you are doing well, taking the time to notice the small things in life and sharing the strength of goodness wherever you can.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I must admit, I have been buzzing back and forth about what I wanted to share in this newsletter. I’ve been trying to figure out if I could put it all into one month, or save part of it for the next one. I think you’ll be happy to know I exercised self-restraint and will write about only one thing here. \ud83d\ude09\ud83d\udc1d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You might remember that back in March we shared the exciting news that native stingless bees and their habitat won the right to be seen as legal subjects with right to exist, thrive, and be defended in court. In case you\u2019d like to read that newsletter, you\u2019ll find it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was a stunning, ground-breaking ruling that not only served to protect the bees and the 400-500 indigenous tribes living there, but the whole of the Amazon, and therefore humanity, wherever we might be living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why am I bringing this up again? I was reminded of them after reading a comment on one of Krystle Hickman\u2019s<\/a> Instagram posts. I wrote a bit about her over 2 years ago in the Who Is Endangered? newsletter. She\u2019s a brilliant National Geographic Explorer, community scientist, and conservation photographer based in Los Angeles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Someone replied to one of her recent Instagram posts, telling her they thought she would enjoy going to the Yucatan to see the Melipona bees there. I was, of course, curious about this species of bee. This delightful 1-minute video of these amazzzing creatures transports us to Yucatan to see them up close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n