Keep calm and carry on

Two and a half million motivational posters bearing the words Keep Calm and Carry On were printed for distribution in mid-1939. In the end, few were ever displayed, and they were forgotten until being rediscovered in a bookshop in Northumberland, in 2000 {{1}}.The rest, as they say, is history. The wording has become internationally recognised. It is used as a decorative motto on a range of products … and an almost limitless number of internet memes.Despite this overexposure, the wording — emphasising stoicism, self-discipline, fortitude, and calmness in adversity — seemed appropriate for today's post.Keep Calm and Keep Bees'Adversity' and 'beekeeping' aren't words I expect to find in the same sentence.It may not always be a scene of peace and serenity, but there should be few things more calming than spending some time on a warm afternoon watching the bees quietly going about their business.The opening paragraph of Underland by Robert Macfarlane captures the feeling perfectly:Late…