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Fall is here! The cool nights and warm days are delightful after the blazing summer. We’ve been busy harvesting pumpkins and apples at the Vincent home. Months ago, butterflies and honeybees quietly pollinated the plants and we’re enjoying the fruits of their labors today (honeybees pollinate 80% of all flowering plants in the US!).
Reflecting on bees, I heard a story recently how millions of bees spilled onto a highway and local authorities called a bee keeper to save the day. I was intrigued by the beekeeper’s response: rather than fleeing in panic (as I would have done!), he began methodically putting the hives back together on the trailer. The stinging and anxious bees immediately started going back into the hive – millions of them. Apparently bees produce something called the “come-home pheromone” – the first bee returning to the hive signaled to its millions of brethren that the coast is clear; it’s time to come home.
Isn’t that what fall tells us as the days get colder and shorter? It’s time to come home where it’s safe, warm, and cozy. Isn’t that why our work at Kansas Housing has always been and will always be vital? We all have a need to come home. There are times that we feel busy as bees unlocking home for those we serve, but the fruits of our labor have never been sweeter. Savor it.
- Ryan Vincent, Executive Director
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