Sometime during the day yesterday, I got bored. Maybe because 13 hours of anything just wears me out…I’ve been slipping away from the conference. I slip out of the room and outside to the sun. I take long walks in the woods. I slip into the car and drive to the hotel for a nap. I slip back into the room but feel as if I’ve not missed much.
I do like these people, but as you know, Reader, I get tired of all people…even those I like.
I like this person a lot. She’s smart and strong and riles people up—government people…scientists…that kind of people.
![Dee Lusby, Arizona commercial, treatment-free beekeeper and rabbel rouser. Dee Lusby, Arizona commercial, treatment-free beekeeper and rabbel rouser.](http://www.two-honeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/p_1600_1200_7A66EFF5-2185-4113-A2AA-8B7ABDA9E7F4.jpeg)
And Kirk Webster is one of the most gentle, thoughtful, and understatedly intelligent people I’ve met in a long long time. I sort of want to be like him.
![Kirk Webster, Commercial beekeeper from Vermont's Champlain Valley Kirk Webster, Commercial beekeeper from Vermont's Champlain Valley](http://www.two-honeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/p_1600_1200_6E51C28F-D74B-4E7D-8C92-73C56EE5A9C0.jpeg)
Sam Comfort is “living the dream.” Words hardly describe him. Once I get to know him better, I’ll tell you more about him. You’ll like him.
![Sam Comfort, barefoot beekeeper who marches to the beat of a different drummer Sam Comfort, barefoot beekeeper who marches to the beat of a different drummer](http://www.two-honeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/p_1600_1200_6843C870-8B6F-430F-BFAF-58307BD2D5C1.jpeg)
This is a home-fashioned top-bar hive. I think I’ll make one over the winter. You can buy them commercially made, but they won’t look this cool.
![One of Sam Comfort's home-built top-bar hives One of Sam Comfort's home-built top-bar hives](http://www.two-honeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/p_1600_1200_842ED496-DFCC-4CFB-9442-2BE7C4E0A43A.jpeg)
Dean Stiglitz blows me away. I think he’s simply brilliant. I could listen to him teach all day long without slipping out for a break.
![Dean Stiglitz, co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping, commercial treatment-free beekeeper, and a most-natural teacher Dean Stiglitz, co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Beekeeping, commercial treatment-free beekeeper, and a most-natural teacher](http://www.two-honeys.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/p_1370_1036_9171F2E8-CFCD-4D03-84B8-6B7D4DA75368.jpeg)