>
> Also, it turns out that having bees can be as much work or as little as 
> you like.  Before I was a commercial beekeeper, 32 hives would have 
> occupied all my spare time.  Now I might spend 30 hours a year on them and 
> only work on them a few times.

Yes.  Some of us pick up the "benign neglect" style of beekeeping.  With an 
82-year-old back and the Louisiana heat, it beats the alternatives and seems 
to work at least as well.

Walter Weller

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