• “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”

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