Dirk Hughes, Bee Keeping
- “You can help the world by keeping bees.”
- distinct roles of bees in a hive: - queen lays eggs
- male drones mate
- thousands of female worker bees do all the work: construction, repair, cleaning, defense, raising young, forging, making honey
- benefits - honey and bees wax are useful
- honey improves health
- pollination of plants (food for animals and people) more bees = more food
- bee keeping is meditative
- how to get started (less than $500 to start with 1 hour per week per hive) - reach out to local bee keeper association (Holland area bee keepers association)
- build or purchase an appropriate hive (top bar hive or land
- pick appropriate location for hive and follow local ordinances
- get bees
- “more food, healthier lives, and a healthier planet”
- “Help the world by keeping bees”