It was an assignment for which I was out of the office for much longer than expected, although I could have been gone - shall we say - forever? On a quest to understand more about honey and the importance of bees in food production and the environment, this adventure began at Whole Foods Market, meandered to Pearland to meet an influential and good-natured beekeeper and took off to the skies to survey the many colonies that were sweetly condensed in one delicious jar of Stroope Honey Farms honey . Try staying calm while a 1964 Cessna 150 swings back and forth thanks to strong winds while black clouds form all around you.