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Wed, Jan 1, 14 at 3:24
| I just watched a film on Netflix about mostly beekeeping,entitled,More Than Honey.It is very well photographed and informative.I didn't know raising bees was so involved. They bring up a little about bees dying,but mostly it covers what bees and their keepers do. It travels between the the Almond orchards in California to Switzerland I think and a little in China.The narrator speaks English,but when the European and Chinese people are speaking,it is their native language without subtitles,at least in the version I saw.I think there is a way to turn the English subtitles on,something I'll probably do,because I'd like to watch it again.I recommend it if people can. Brady |
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- Posted by bamboo_rabbit 9A Inverness FL (My Page) on Wed, Jan 1, 14 at 9:44
| Bees are on my to do list.....a top bar hive or two. |
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| The farmer keeping bees for his pollination requirements need not be a time consuming or expensive program. On the farm we always kept 6 or 8 hives, which took very little effort. Until WW2 we did not appreciate the value of the honey and were not systematic about harvesting it. With the rationing of sugar we started using honey for a lot of new purposes. We were not bothered with the diseases I read about today. Al |
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| There was a time when sugar was expensive to buy, and people who could make their own honey could realize a significant savings. These days our sugar comes from large farms, and the crop is harvested and processed with various machines, so there is little human labor involved. Sugar is relatively inexpensive, and raising bees has become a hobby. I am not convinced that this represents progress. |
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