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Going Back to Hopetown

I grew up in Ottawa. A high school Environmental Studies class introduced me to Lanark County and Hopetown, where I first met bee colonies. On a Mad Honey tour, I revisited some places that inspired the book’s settings. 

Beehives, Hopetown, Lanark County, Ontario

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Bees occupying these hives inspired Beck's story in Mad Honey by Katie Welch

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