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Re: What makes the successful beekeeper?
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Walter Weller <[log in to unmask]>
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Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:30:07 -0500
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> 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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