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I've started my beekeeping course, and I am completely awed by that little insect! our first session was on the anatomy of bees and it blew me away, such complex critters and a complex social organisation too. Workers develop from fertilized eggs, drones from unfertilized absolutly amazing! a new respect for the bees, I have an awful feeling I could get into bees as much as my poultry- I haven't told the other half yet but I am making enquiries into making a hive, but shhh thats between us, yes...

kind thoughts
Deb

Gidday

Good onya mate. Bloody great hobby Eh!

Probably the only form of livestock farming where you can have hundreds of thousands of livestock without even owning any land.

I got a gardening book via ebay at the weekend and it has a small chapter about bee-keeping. I must admit it looks like excellent fun, especially if you like honey. However my garden isn't big enough for a hive (needs to be about 30 feet from the house) and I am not sure my neighbours would be too happy. But it is definitely a future project.