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Almond Blossoms 1

For a few weeks in the spring, the almond trees are covered with beautiful blossoms, and the air is filled with a subtle fragrance.

4 comments to Almond Blossoms 1

  • Richard Saloom

    Dear Father Justin,

    These are wonderful pictures, your almond pictures are an annual treat.

    The lack of bees was mentioned earlier and I did some web searching on Sinai bees. It was quite interesting, with attempts to have the Jebeliya become beekeepers. Has St. Catherine’s always had an apiary tradition or is this a recent occurrence with wild bees previously doing the pollinating?

    With Best Regards,

    Richard

    • Father Justin

      Once I was visiting the extensive olive groves that we have at Arbain, the Forty Martyrs. Father Michael showed me a fissure in one of the gnarled tree trunks. Bees had created a hive, and were flying in and out. This year we had more rain than usual, and spring seemed to arrive later. This took its toll on our own beehives.

  • LD

    The Jebeliya are succeeding with their beekeeping and I bring home quite a bit of their honey regularly. It has a unique flavor, tasting more like how the high mountains of Sinai smell, capturing it’s very unique floral blend. It is my favorite honey in the whole world.

  • EARLENE SCHMITT

    My Grandparent’s farm had a walnut tree that the honeybees had set up a hive. The bees often traveled between a nearby pond and the walnut tree hive.

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