>Also fairly often "oh, year
>my dad, (or Granddad} kept a few hives in Alabama" or some such
>identification reaction.

I placed a few hives up in the Appalachians on my grandmother's property
way up on a ridge. I was surprised at te number of folk who mentioned a
father or grandfather or uncle who kept bees - mostly for personal/family
use. It's easy to forget, when we're such a small group now, how very many
people (at least in Appalachian mountain culture) used to keep bees.

Greg

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