{"id":18,"date":"2009-03-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westnyackhoney.com\/bees\/_blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2009-03-24T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T13:00:00","slug":"first-lady-and-whitehouse-beehives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.westnyackhoney.com\/bees\/first-lady-and-whitehouse-beehives\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lady and Whitehouse Beehives"},"content":{"rendered":"
Michelle Obama is planting a garden on the White House lawn. This will be the first garden planted by a first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt planted her “Victory Garden”.
The Garden will include a beehive – some reports say three beehives.<\/p>\n
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There is a great deal of criticism of this. Some people seem to think that this is an ingenuous act and that the president’s wife should not be out hoeing the garden.<\/p>\n
Politics aside, raising vegetables is a very rewarding activity and I think people should find other things to talk about.<\/p>\n
As for the bees, it is an interesting part of this project and can only help beekeepers everywhere, by at least drawing attention to the art of keeping bees.<\/p>\n