February 18, 2017 11°C                            Photo: ‘Wild Bee in Winter' by Marco Moretti

Melting snow. Happy dog. Buzzing bees and cleansing flights. Can spring be far away?

Today was one of those glorious, brilliantly sunny, unseasonably warm winter days that made it easy to talk Ross into taking the 3-hour drive with me to check the bees. As a bonus, it was warm enough to bring Molly, our nearly 16-year old Husky mix, for what might be her last visit to her favourite place on earth...