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Inmates in Massachusetts learn patience by caring for honey bees

Brian McCafferty of the Norfolk County Beekeepers Association holds a hand full of bees from a hive at Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
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Brian McCafferty of the Norfolk County Beekeepers Association holds a hand full of bees from a hive at Pondville Correctional Center in Norfolk. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A minimum-security prison in Massachusetts houses inmates and a colony of honey bees under their care.

WBUR’s Amanda Beland reports how this educational program is not only teaching inmates about the animals but also deepening their understanding of themselves.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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