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Re: Beekeeping Economics
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Kim Flottum <[log in to unmask]>
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I concur with Randy...achieved by few...and even those few seldom keep bees from behind a desk. I've spent time catching queens and splitting hives with Richard Adee...he's a beekeeper first, last and always, as are his sons Brett and Kelvin. And the others that I know who have achieved some level of financial security are exactly the same. I spent a morning picking up a beeyard with Jim Smith years and years ago...then the biggest beekeeper in the country. He and I closed up hives at 10 in the morning, had a beer while things settled down, and loaded them up and moved them out, leaving no bee behind. These guys are always..beekeepers first. There's a lesson to be learned from these fine folks.

Kim Flottum
Editor, Bee Culture Magazine
623 W Liberty St
Medina, OH 44256
800.289.7668  ext 3214
www.BeeCulture.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: randy oliver [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 11:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Beekeeping Economics

>Is it possible for a beekeeper to

> amass the kind of personal net worth that professionals and business 
> executives so regularly achieve?


Yes, but achieved by few.  I had the pleasure of speaking with Richard Adee a week ago.  He confirms that beekeeping can currently be quite profitable for good operators.  My discussions with other large beekeepers support that assessment.

I'm currently working on my first million, but have a long way to go.

--
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
www.ScientificBeekeeping.com

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