Editor's LetterHi there! Nice to meet you!I'm Nichole Green- a student at Salt Lake Community College.
I enjoy the small things in life, and I also believe that life is too short to wake up with regrets. Family is important to me because they are my ties that helps hold everything together. I love to curl up in my favorite blanket and read a book or write for fun in my free time. I love outdoor adventures like camping & hiking in National and State Parks. I also love everything about bees! This interest in bees started my adventure of learning more about them and compiling the information I learned to share in this magazine project. |
However, I did not always love bees. I use to fear them, but that is because I am very allergic to them. If stung, my face and throat will swell up like a balloon that won't go down until I give myself an epinephrine shot. It was because of this fear of bees that made me love them. In my memoir, Learning to love bees, I recall my terrifying experience of being a child and getting stung by a bee and how later, after learning more about bees, I overcame my fear of bees. I love to watch them gathering pollen throughout my yard.
In the profile, Keeper of the bees, I interview my father, Bill Green, and he recalls his first memory on beekeeping and why he decided to become a beekeeper in a big bustling city. In 2019, My family and I decided to become beekeepers and raise bees on our rooftop. In the profile, Bill Green recalls his first experience with bees and how he began raising bees in a big bustling city. Bill Green enjoys bee-watching for hours at a time because it helps him cope and relax. He explains that it is almost like meditation but with bees. He explains why he thinks keeping bees is essential for everyone. We have three beehives sitting on our rooftop overlooking a light-rail station in between two freeways.
In learning all about the bees, I have discovered that bees are in trouble and need our help. In the article, What is happening to the honey bees, and how we can help, I explain that the whole colonies of bees everywhere are vanishing without a trace and how, for the longest time, no one knew why until scientists took action. Pesticides are causing massive bee deaths among entire colonies of bees. In particular, the pesticide neonicotinoid. Neonicotinoids are harmful to the bees because they get addicted to it and crave it like nicotine. The disappearance of bees is called Colony Collapse Disorder, and how pesticides are harming the bees. The vanishing of bees should concern everyone who likes to eat because they help provide us with a balanced diet. Bees are responsible for pollinating 80% of our cultivated crops. We, as a society, need to take action and help bees everywhere. If we do not help them, we will have a bland diet.
Warms regards,
Nichole Green
In the profile, Keeper of the bees, I interview my father, Bill Green, and he recalls his first memory on beekeeping and why he decided to become a beekeeper in a big bustling city. In 2019, My family and I decided to become beekeepers and raise bees on our rooftop. In the profile, Bill Green recalls his first experience with bees and how he began raising bees in a big bustling city. Bill Green enjoys bee-watching for hours at a time because it helps him cope and relax. He explains that it is almost like meditation but with bees. He explains why he thinks keeping bees is essential for everyone. We have three beehives sitting on our rooftop overlooking a light-rail station in between two freeways.
In learning all about the bees, I have discovered that bees are in trouble and need our help. In the article, What is happening to the honey bees, and how we can help, I explain that the whole colonies of bees everywhere are vanishing without a trace and how, for the longest time, no one knew why until scientists took action. Pesticides are causing massive bee deaths among entire colonies of bees. In particular, the pesticide neonicotinoid. Neonicotinoids are harmful to the bees because they get addicted to it and crave it like nicotine. The disappearance of bees is called Colony Collapse Disorder, and how pesticides are harming the bees. The vanishing of bees should concern everyone who likes to eat because they help provide us with a balanced diet. Bees are responsible for pollinating 80% of our cultivated crops. We, as a society, need to take action and help bees everywhere. If we do not help them, we will have a bland diet.
Warms regards,
Nichole Green