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Sleeping</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/forte-garden.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Forte Garden</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dead-bees.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Dead bees</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-04-26T18:35:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/2020/03/02/dolly-parton-is-my-spirit-animal/</loc><lastmod>2020-03-04T03:23:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/2020/02/03/february-hive-check-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/feb-hive-check-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Feb Hive Check</image:title><image:caption>Seeing bees n February makes a beekeeper 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salve</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/hand-salve.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hand salve</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-13T22:03:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/2018/08/25/kentucky-state-fair-recap/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/fairbeephoto.jpg</image:loc><image:title>FairBeePhoto</image:title><image:caption>Blue ribbon photograph from the Kentucky State Fair.  Fair entries are anonymous, so photo credit cannot be provided.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2020-02-13T21:57:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/2018/10/26/whats-the-price-of-cheap-honey/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/42974458_2092846980735091_1675609919199379456_n-e1540578846539.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Different local honeys</image:title><image:caption>Picture taken from a recent meeting of the Northern Kentucky Beekeepers Association where a honey tasting was held.  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One appears to be a honey bee and the other a native bee that I couldn't see well enough to identify.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/red-pollen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>red pollen</image:title><image:caption>Red arrow points to bee with pollen baskets full of unknown red pollen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/pollen-basket.png</image:loc><image:title>Pollen basket</image:title><image:caption>Red arrow points to pollen basket full of off white pollen.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://marriedwithbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/marked-queen.png</image:loc><image:title>Marked Queen</image:title><image:caption>Marked queen in Bravo hive shown here in a red 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