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    Rule of the BEEEs

    Mar 09, 2022 3 minutes

    A lot of folk smell spring and ask me: ‘How hard is it to keep bees? I want bees!’ I reply that it is easy…but if you fail to prepare then prepare to fail. Preparations must begin well before you start to smell the honey. I like to think about it as the rule of the BEEEs: bees, education, equipment and environment.

    Bees

    The oldest bee fossil dates from about a hundred million years ago and bees can manage happily without

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