Like other owners who let their homes be used for movie shoots, Pettler was being paid handsomely for allowing actors--in this case, Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche, making Bee Season--to intrude.

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Most people then walk off this delectable repast on a network of sun-dappled trails and wooden walkways, making a bee-line for the waterfalls along the nearby river, Rio Mimoso.

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But when the global financial crisis caused shares to plummet, many BEE companies crashed, making new investors wary.

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