You want a series of different kinds of flowers blooming at the same time for different kinds of bees.

They've had to import bees from Texas, the Dakotas and farther east. They've even brought in some colonies from Australia. That's driving costs up.

You know how it is when you go mall shopping. You're after just one thing but you see something else in another store window and you buy it. It's the same with bees. They'll spend more time in a diverse garden then they would if the same flowering plants were isolated elsewhere.

We were in command of the match for most of the time and the pleasing factor about finishing top of the section is that we handled control of our own destiny.

The first time it happened was up at the Capitol building. I was freaked out about it. I wanted to get out of there. You go there hoping something will happen, but when it actually happens, you don't want to be there.

We have been seeing this movement for some time now - our hotels are full, our restaurants, the track is doing great business and not just from locals. We are seeing a lot of people from outside our area coming here. They are shopping in our stores, buying gas at our stations.