Madrid Iowa Orchard Owners Stand Against a Counterfeit Prophecy for Two Thousand Twenty Six

warmth to the orchard behind the barn.

Marcus walked ahead of me toward the three white wooden boxes sitting near the edge of the trees.

“Look at this one,” Marcus said, pointing a leather boot at the entrance of the center hive.

“No activity at all.”

I knelt in the dry grass and lifted the lid of the brood box.

Hundreds of honeybees lay still on the bottom continue reading …