On a warm April morning, Ann Garber prepares to make the rounds of her beehives in rural south central Iowa. It's been a long winter and the ground is finally hard enough to drive on. Just as she has done for the last 30 years, Ann puts on her beesuitand prepares for a day of inspecting, equalizing and reversing her hives scattered around rural Wayne County. As owner, operator and head beekeeper of Allerton's Log Chain Apiary, Ann is anxious to see how her bees have survived Iowa's Winter. She's infor a long day, as is her helper Jane Cooley, a local bee enthusiast and frequent assistant to Ann's hive work. Also along for the day is Ann's very novice next-door neighbor who knows only that bees sting and Log Chain honey is the best he has ever tasted.
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