thanks to elorie for the heads up.... i missed this?!

the Obama's are planting a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelts Victory Garden (although the Clintons had some in pots. we mean real "dig up the lawn" garden) but buried in the bottom of the Linked article....

"white house carpenter who is also a beekeeper will build and tend two hives ( Read more... )

you know, i really, REALLY, want to keep bees..... sigh
( blah blah, sca, blah, bees, blah history, blah Greece, blah, blah, honey )