The Beekeeper of Appalachia

In the misty hollows of eastern Kentucky, a third-generation beekeeper named Earl Combs tends forty-seven hives scattered across his family's land. Ask him about any single hive, and he can tell you things that seem impossible. He knows which colony prefers the sourwood blossoms over the clover. He knows which queen is aging and which hive will swarm before the workers themselves have decided.…