> Pretty good, I guess. But to me, a real beekeeper is simply someone who 
> can't NOT have bees. (Believe me, I tried for a few years but it didn't 
> last)

Interesting thought.   Somehow I imagined I might manage to stop having 
bees, but they just keep multiplying.  I was down to three hives a year back 
and figured I might finally break free, but now I find I have 32 hives 
again.

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. 

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