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Bee-ing a Part of the Solution

This is a story about a third-grade classroom in Galt, Calif., that loves honey bees. It's also a story about a beekeeper named Brian Fishback of Wilton who eagerly taught them to love bees. Fishback, a former volunteer at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr....

Beekeeper Brian Fishback shows students at Lake Canyon Elementary School, Galt, a frame of bees. (Photo by Beth Bartkowski)

Beekeeper Brian Fishback shows students at Lake Canyon Elementary School, Galt, a frame of bees. (Photo by Beth Bartkowski)

Brian Fishback points to an emerging bee. (Photo by Beth Bartkowski)

Brian Fishback points to an emerging bee. (Photo by Beth Bartkowski)

Students wrote "love notes" to the bees. (Photo by Beth Bartkowski)

Students wrote "love notes" to the bees. (Photo by Beth Bartkowski)

This is the students' interpretation of a hive. (Photo by Beth Bartkowski)

This is the students' interpretation of a hive.(Photo by Beth Bartkowski)

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