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Smoke

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Smoke Soothes When Harvesting Honey from the Hive

There’s smoke filling the spaces among trees, in backyards, between homes. It tumbles over the eaves of big buildings. No need for alarm, not here. The smoke is for our honeybees.

by Eleanor Spicer Rice
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The Science Behind the “Smoke” of the Great Smoky Mountains

That soft blue haze — the namesake smoke of the Great Smoky Mountains — is a quirk of nature that was once severely threatened by man-made pollutants. Now, the vistas are opening up again.

by Mark Essig

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