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Rural/Farm Life

randr

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1. Have tended 2 to 6 hives for 20 years

Reply to sue4e3 (Original post)

Wed Jun 19, 2019, 04:49 PM

Jun 2019

We grow lots of herbs and flowers that produce a medicinal honey for our friends and family. We also have 2 wild colonies of bumblebees that seem to live for our comfrey hedges. Last few years have been a struggle with die back but we somehow seem to find a swarm or two each year.

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Bee Keeping [View all] sue4e3 Jun 2019 OP

Have tended 2 to 6 hives for 20 years randr Jun 2019 #1

When we have a die back sue4e3 Jun 2019 #5

have had bees for 30+ years handmade34 Jun 2019 #2

I have about 20 hives jcgoldie Jun 2019 #3

It' becoming a family thing sue4e3 Jun 2019 #4