Only Bees Knew of Sister’s Habit
United Press International
NAIROBI, Kenya — A Greek Orthodox nun was arrested on charges of smuggling 6,000 European bees and a hive into Kenya by hiding them under her habit as she passed through airport customs, a police spokesman said today.
It was not known how Sister Irene hid the bees which she brought from Greece. She said she kept the insects to produce candles from their beeswax for her church in a Nairobi suburb.
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