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I think I'd like to build up a hive down at the farm. Does one need to "Tend" to the bees often or do they just go about their daily "Buzz" by themselves?Be nice to have that integrated into the farmstead...
I just don't want to wind up missing a digit or limb. I can sometimes get in a hurry to get results.
Don, I think you need bees too! & we all need a video feed of the folly.....
I know there's guys around here that have someone else bring bees to their place and then the beekeeper manages the process. An apple orchard near us does that- they don't own the bees but a beekepeer brings the hives, gets the honey etc etc and the Orchard gets the improved pollination the bees provide. The beekeeper sells the honey he collects in their farm store. I don't know all the details but they have some tradeoff in place. The Orchard owner doesn't have to do anything.
For some unknown reason, the bees are dying. He loses one third to one forth of his bees every year!
Quote from: Flyin6 on February 28, 2017, 09:05:37 AM For some unknown reason, the bees are dying. He loses one third to one forth of his bees every year!same reason as china. insecticides, disease and mites that have become resistant to mans stupidity. my biggest concern about having bees is all the crap the cotton and corn farmers dump and spray every year around the area.