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Thinking of Becoming a Commercial Beekeeper?
So you're thinking of become a commercial beekeeper and renting your colonies to almond growers. California currently grows some 900,000 acres of almonds, and each acre requires two colonies for pollination. A friend gave you some old bee boxes. So where do you start? What do you...
A queen bee and her retinue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Smoking a hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
If I Had a Hammer...
The number of new housing developments throughout the country continues to shrink as we struggle with the throes of a deep recession. That's with human housing, not in a healthy honey bee hive. The bees are busy building up their colonies, just as they do every spring. Spring officially begins...
Queen Bee
Line-Up
Inspecting a Cell
