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by  N.Morgan The possibilities are endless for this versatile cannabis infusion. Use it in lieu of other types of sweetener by incorporating it into your favorite sweet and savory dishes (think:  honey oat muffins ,  chocolate avocado mousse ,  smoothies , and more), or just simply stir the sweet liquid gold into a cup of tea or drizzle over a cheeseboard. Bird and the Bee founder Elizabeth Vernon learned to keep bees at a nearby community garden when a beekeeper visited and offered to take her on as an apprentice. After working with several beekeeping mentors and taking on multiple internships in upstate New York, Maine, Jamaica, and the West Indies, it was apparent Elizabeth had found her purpose. Today, Vernon is known as “ Queen Bee ” to everyone she meets and has been an apiarist for nearly 10 years. Also a certified massage therapist with a degree in Eastern Medicine, she’s living her dream by combining her two passions: healing and beekeeping. Back home in Nor...

by  N.Morgan Several people are referring to this man as a genius and has taken medical cannabis to a whole other level. He is an artisan, locksmith and above all else, he explains, a beekeeper.  He has accumulated over 4,300 Facebook followers, and 700 on Instagram, after the 39-year-old Frenchman — who describes himself as an advocate of medical cannabis and of complete cannabis legalization —  trained bees to make honey from cannabis . He goes by the nickname of Nicolas Trainerbees, for obvious reasons. For 20 years, he has worked with bees in a way he claims allows him to “train” them to make honey from virtually anything. “I have trained bees to do several things, such as collect sugar from fruits, instead of using flowers,”  he explains. Nicholas says he has  “been passionate about nature since childhood,”  which led him to this profession, mixing his love for plant life with his love for animals –,, espe...