Wakulla Station News
By VERNA BROCK
It was so nice to have Alan in town, even if only for two days. He came up for work, and to drive a friend back to Tampa-St.Pete. He and Ed discussed the impact of Hurricane Ian on the Florida honey bee farmers, as well as the extensive damage done to blooming plants that constitute the food for the bees.
Not only did Florida lose an estimated 60,000 hives to flooding, there was an unknown number of hives (estimates approach 500,000 total hives) that winter in Florida from our colder states. As the primary pollinators for many crops around the nation, this damage can have an incalculable effect on harvests in Florida and elsewhere.
Right now folks are raising funds to help pay for tankers of sugar syrup to help feed bees in central and south Florida. One tanker costs $1,500 and the need is for 70 tankers of food to make it through the next few weeks, until forage returns.
If you would like to help, reach out to GreaterGood.Org, which is working with multiple agencies and organizations to help bring desperately needed feed to the bees. You can make your tax deductible donation at this link:https://greatergood.org/disaster-relief-saving-the-bees.
This information was provided by the appalacheebeekeepers.com site. Feel free to share this with family and friends.
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had a great meeting with DS Wayne Wiatt at the Wakulla United Methodist Church charge conference. He and his wife Ramona met with us Saturday morning, before going on to Sopchoppy UMC for their charge conference. For the non- Methodists reading this, a charge conference is an annual meeting held to approve church leaders, budgets, plans, etc. for the upcoming year. This was especially meaningful post-Covid, since we hadn’t been able to hold in-person meetings for the past couple of years. It was great to share our optimism and conviction that God is still working on our behalf.
Another teacher planning day, another fun day of activities with grandchildren Harrison and Harper. I finally got a chance to take them back to the Refuge and the lighthouse for a little nature time. We really do live in paradise, don’t we?
Please keep Cindy Blackstock in your prayers, as well as Paul Clark. Paul just lost his Mom a few days ago, and learned that his step-father died on Sunday. Also in need of prayer is Casey Godwin, as he awaits a kidney transplant.