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With an apron protecting her long, black religious habit, Sr. Deborah Rose Rosado marveled at the steady stream of thick, golden goo she poure...

CATONSVILLE, Md. (CNS) -- With an apron protecting her long, black religious habit, Sister Deborah Rose Rosado marveled at the steady stream of thick, golden goo she poured into a small glass jar. Careful to stop the current as the sticky substance reached the containers one-pint capacity, Sister Deborah Rose screwed on a metal cap before one of her fellow All Saints Sisters of the Poor attached a label. Produced by bees-in-residence at the All Saints Sisters of the Poor Convent, the label

The All Saints Sisters of the Poor in Catonsville, Maryland, first became involved in cultivating bee colonies three years ago when two of their neighbors, both amateur beekeepers, asked if they could establish hives on the nuns' property.