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Scooter in the Sticks
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Steve Williams
Snow, Sun, Wasps, and Bees
Rolling the Vespa out of the garage into bright sun and 30 degree Fahrenheit air was a great way to start my commute to work. I left early to allow more time to negotiate any remaining snow, ice, or gravel, especially on less traveled secondary roads.
After a mile of picking my way between patches of slush and gravel I was ready to say hello to a pair of Belgian draft horses out enjoying the rapidly warming morning. Hello spring.
I made a quick stop at one of the local parks that does winter duty as a sled and toboggan run. School and work has drawn everyone away.
By the time I stopped to photograph this vista the Vespa's ambient temperature indicator read 46 degrees. Had it not been for a long list of work assignments I would have kept riding all day.
I was headed to a facility that tests mushroom varieties to pick up a small collection for a photograph. The main road was clear but everything else was still a challenge for the sporty Pirelli tires.
Somewhere along the line of scooter ownership I learned that Vespa means wasp in Italian. Wasps are pollinators -- like honeybees. So in a real stretch I'm connecting the Vespa with an article I wrote on Colony Collapse Disorder in honeybees. If you've are interested in what's happening with bees you may want to take a look at this freshly published article. You can download a PDF version here --->
Article on Colony Collapse Disorder in Honeybees
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Snow, Sun, Wasps, and Bees
03-04-2008, 01:34 AM
Snow, Sun, Wasps, and Bees
Rolling the Vespa out of the garage into bright sun and 30 degree Fahrenheit air was a great way to start my commute to work. I left early to allow more time to negotiate any remaining snow, ice, or gravel, especially on less traveled secondary roads.
After a mile of picking my way between patches of slush and gravel I was ready to say hello to a pair of Belgian draft horses out enjoying the rapidly warming morning. Hello spring.
I made a quick stop at one of the local parks that does winter duty as a sled and toboggan run. School and work has drawn everyone away.
By the time I stopped to photograph this vista the Vespa's ambient temperature indicator read 46 degrees. Had it not been for a long list of work assignments I would have kept riding all day.
I was headed to a facility that tests mushroom varieties to pick up a small collection for a photograph. The main road was clear but everything else was still a challenge for the sporty Pirelli tires.
Somewhere along the line of scooter ownership I learned that Vespa means wasp in Italian. Wasps are pollinators -- like honeybees. So in a real stretch I'm connecting the Vespa with an article I wrote on Colony Collapse Disorder in honeybees. If you've are interested in what's happening with bees you may want to take a look at this freshly published article. You can download a PDF version here ---> Article on Colony Collapse Disorder in Honeybees
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