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D. Stephen Wooters: Beekeeper
The executive vice president and chief marketing off icer, digital banking and payments, of $1.5 billion-asset
Fairfield County Bank in Ridgefield, Conn., is rooted in nature.
I've been keeping bees for about 10 years. As a
sixth-generation owner of a dairy farm in western New York
(AmesFarm.org), the connection to the environment and
agriculture is really in my DNA. From gardening to beekeeping
to raising chickens to even making my own maple
syrup, I just love being outdoors.
The bees themselves are fascinating and inspiring.
Through millions of years of evolution, they perfected ways
to survive and communicate. For example, inside every
hive is a common area called the " dance fl oor, " where bees
will make calculated movements to tell other bees where
to fi nd the best patch of clover. A bee will rotate and point
10 degrees to the right of the sun, and then shake a certain
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number of times to tell the distance. Other bees will go to
that spot, and if the clover is prolifi c, they will return and do
the same dance. Seeing it up close is a humbling experience.
Whether bees or banking, it takes an entire ecosystem
contributing to have a healthy community. Bees are the epitome
of the community and demonstrate the value of working
together for the common good.
I spent most of my career in large, global institutions
and the fast-paced payments industry. It's a very diff erent
environment to be in a more purpose-driven organization.
Through our relationships, we improve lives and help build
our local economy.
-Interview by Andrea Lahouze
Photo: Morgan Ione Yeager

http://www.AmesFarm.org

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