Lions and tigers and BEES! Oh my!

First Lady Sandra Deal discusses passion

Posted: Sunday, August 14, 2011

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ATLANTA -- Married to Gov. Nathan Deal, first lady Sandra Deal reflects on growing up in Gainesville, the daughter of George Dunagan, an avid beekeeper. She also discusses the two beehives recently installed on the governor's mansion grounds, which are home to 40,000 honeybees.

Associated Press

"My daddy was a schoolteacher in North Georgia. All throughout my childhood, he always had a big garden; it was enough to feed us and all the neighbors, too. Of course, bees were important to have for the garden, and he kept bees all along when I was growing up. From the time I was 10 or 12, we had beehives.
"After he retired, it became such a hobby that people would call him and say, 'We've got a beehive in the corner of our house,' or 'We've got a beehive in a tree that's in a bad place, would you come see if you can get them?' And he would go get them.

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