Counter to what one might expect, the temporary pain of that surprise attack by swarming bees built up a kind of immunity to the deeper sting of feeling alone in the world. That journey began with a flurry of bee stings-which would terrorize most children. Sensing the need for connection, nurturing, and something to fill the deep hole in his granddaughter's psyche, Franklin Peace began to introduce Meredith to the wonders of beekeeping. To make matters worse, her mother barricaded herself behind a bedroom door, and entered a seemingly endless season of child abandonment. For May, things no longer made sense, as no one had explained what was happening. This was an incredibly upsetting, and confusing, turn of events. Due to the divorce of her parents, Meredith and her brother were suddenly moved cross-country to live with their grandfather in California. To read Meredith's memoir, The Honey Bus, is to be mesmerized by how honeybees took the raw material of a confused girl and turned her into something golden.Īt five years of age, May found herself uprooted from everything familiar. For Meredith May, a young child whose life had been turned upside down and inside out by parental discord, the miraculous powers of honey, bees, and her beekeeper grandfather would be a vital lifeline. Honey has long been known as the elixir of life.
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