Millennium HONEY BEES
...back to basics.
Welcome to a website under construction - revision of November 2009.
Whenever I'm introduced as a beekeeper, I'm asked about the loss of honeybees reported in the news. There is concern that honeybees are scarce and that fruit trees and gardens are not adequately pollinated. Many who ask questions are astonished by what they learn.
Click on Bees, for on an outline and links to world news articles. Click on Honey for more.
I'm also asked why there is not more local honey.
The honeybees will spend the winter huddled in their beehives when it is cold, and fly on warmer days to check on the season. If a colony stays strong over winter, there are good prospects for honey. A weakened colony or a location that fails or unusual weather may yield nothing.
Meanwhile, their keeper has equipment to make and mend, and a website to code.