There used to be a lot of them around here, and now they're dying out. The wild bees would be in the older trees. The younger trees wouldn't be big enough. Lining bees with the aid of a sweet lure, one could follow them to their hive, exploiting the terrain of the coves to keep the bees in sight. Breaking into the wild stash, one could track the course of a blooming season in a mixed mesophytic hive.
Locust honey is a little stronger honey, and it's amber colored.
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