SHOPPERICK wrote:
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It would be nice to see the small apiaries flourish again. We have 26
hives here and while it's not the easiest task to maintain them what
with the cold winters and all the reward is pretty amazing. We have an
incredibly high yield in our veggie and flower gardens and 55 Gal
drums full of Clover and Alfalfa honey pretty much all the time.
I don't think the general population realizes just how important the
honeybee population really is but once they see the prices of produce
at the market go through the roof ( I can't wait to see how much
oranges will go up this year!) they'll start to realize things need to
change. Sadly, it'll take another year or two at least to bounce back.

2 weeks ago a bushel of oranges were at $44.00 per bushel wholesale, and yep when the bees hit that critical die-off point watch the food supply get smaller and smaller