My bees cover one thousand square miles of land that I do not own in their foraging flights, flying from flower to flower for which I pay no rent, stealing nectar but pollinating plants in return.

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"Nothing gives a person more confidence... than to be zipped snugly inside a bee suit"

- Sue Hubbell

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"Nothing gives a person more confidence…than to be zipped snugly inside a bee suit."

- Sue Hubbell

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"For a long, long time, nearly 40 years, I never had any bees. I can't think why."

- Sue Hubbell

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"I like pulling on a baggy bee suit, forgetting myself, and getting as close to the bees’ lives as they will let me—remembering in the process that there is more to life than the merely human."

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"A veces sentimos que lo que hacemos es tan solo una gota en el mar, pero el mar sería menos si le faltara una gota."

- Mother Teresa

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