Danny Davis: “Let me do this before you do. I would like to have this document included in the Record, because I think they are such a…”

“Let me do this before you do. I would like to have this document included in the Record, because I think they are such a great indication of how mass media is beginning to understand the issue and beginning to recognize it as a problem. And I would like to include in the Record this document from the Chicago Tribune. [From the Chicago Tribune, Oct. 28, 2007] The Beekeepers (By Louise Kiernan) The men opened the hive and bees swirled up into the sky like sparks from a fire. Bees flew through the weedy yard and past the chain-link fence. They flew into the alley, where a woman braced herself against the hood of a police car. Bees flew toward the gas station, where the calls of hustlers selling drugs sliced the air. And beyond where the men could see them, bees scattered into the vacant lots and back-yard gardens, parks and parking lots of Chicago's West Side, searching, as always, for nectar. This sunny morning in September 2006 was warm, but a bite to the breeze signaled fall. A boy walked by, dressed in a white shirt and navy pants. School had opened today. It was time for a new start, time for what the people who work at the non-profit agency on this corner in East Garfield Park had decided to call Sweet Beginnings. The three men standing at the hive were learning how to become beekeepers. None had any experience at this job or, for that matter, much significant work history at all.…”