I have not been able to walk around the Celery Farm, watch Mrs. Ace and her five screech-owl eggs, or work on the blog as much as I would like because of stories I have been doing for The Record.
  Today, The Record has my story on the state's plans to clean up thousands of polluted properties.
   Yesterday, I had a story about concerns over pharmaceutical chemicals in our drinking water.
   But before you get too bummed out, I have a story that could run on the environmental page on Friday about how honeybees in North Jersey are doing much better this year.
   Colony collapse disorder still seems to be a problem in other parts of the country, but honeybees around here have their old buzz back.