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With the number of beekeepers shrinking, a recruitment
effort might be a good idea. Here's my contribution, suitable
for printing out and posting on the bulletin board.
Apiarist Spotting
(With humble apologies to Irvine Welsh,
the author of the novel "Trainspotting")
Choose a life of beekeeping. Choose an apiary.
Choose a breed of bees. Chose a really big extractor,
choose foundation cell sizes, hive tools, bee brushes,
and electric uncapping knives.
Choose heat prostration, bee stings, and pulled muscles.
Choose deeps and/or mediums.
Choose a beginner kit. Choose a bee association.
Choose a bee suit and matching veil. Choose a three-piece
honey-handling system in a range of sizes. Choose
DIY-woodenware and wonder why you did on a Sunday afternoon.
Choose sitting on that wintertime couch thumbing through
mind-numbing bee supply catalogs, stuffing comb honey in
your mouth, and dreaming of spring.
Choose standing in the dark 5am cold at a farmer's market at
the end of fall, nothing more than an embarrassment to the family
you hoped might also enjoy beekeeping. Choose your future.
Choose the life of a beekeeper.
jim
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