"O honey-bees, Come build in the empty house of the stare” (Yeats)
When out in my brother's place on Thursday last my sister-in-law gave me a jar of her wonderful gooseberry jam. She makes many kinds of jam and apple tarts each year. This year she has a particularly fine crop of fruits and cooking apples because she took great care of the trees and bushes and protected them from the birds.
But I'm told that honeybees are very scarce this year - down 30% - because of the dreadful rains during 2012 which prevented them from collecting nectar and pollen needed to produce honey. Come to think of it I haven't seen a honeybee myself this year - plenty of bumble-bees though.
[stare = starling]
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When it was the season of bees, I've seen enough of them. And even heard a story about honey bees. This honey is delicious, but very few people it produces.
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Мёд ?! Вспоминается русская песенка Винни-Пуха.
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Когда наступил сезон пчел, то я видел их достаточно. И даже слышал рассказ о мёде шмелей. Этот мёд очень вкусный, но очень редко кто его добывает.
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Вау !!! Варенье, джемы... - это так вкусно. Обожаю. Только не покупные, а приготовленные из собственных ягод и фруктов. А еще мне нравятся компоты.
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If you get short of recipes for gooseberries, apples and the resultant preserves...I have many. Too many, considering my lack of socialising.
Ah well, soon be time to bake a large batch of apple and honey cakes for the synagogue's annual Rosh Hashanah party!