Saturday, May 19, 2007

The Bees in his bonnet

I guess the grass is always greener on the other side, or something like that... we love living in Orange County, and we love our house and neighborhood. But, deep down- Sky and I flirt with the idea of farming. We are farmer wanna-bes. Besides the hens, the ever growing and perfecting garden, and the worm farm...Sky has wanted to add apiarist to his list of farm-man skills. I persuaded him to put the brakes on that particular dream (the neighbors really would not have understood!), but not before he had done considerable research and had talked to a few members of a local apiarist club. Your eyebrows are probably climbing northward right now..but really, it's not such a way- out- there idea. Check out this recent article in the Orange County register by Cindy McNatt:

Saturday, May 19, 2007

The secret lives of beekeepers

Backyard apiarists tend to not want any buzz about their hobby.

go *here* to read the article

a really interesting, well-done article. And yes, they really don't want any "buzz" about the hobby...they kind of meet in secret, and keep their hives under the radar. Most of us here in Orange county aren't exactly zoned for bees.

we still flirt with the idea, once in awhile of moving to Washington State and making a killing in the honey business. Who knows?

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posted at 11:34 PM
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At 6:15 AM, Anonymous said...: Hi Jenny,
I saw that article in the paper yesterday; it was fascinating and made me think of bees in a completely different way!
At 12:02 PM, Susanne said...: Well hats off to you and as long as you don't move anywhere near me I will applaud you. I have a very deep seated fear of bees, wasps and hornets. And while I have to keep it under control for the kid's sakes the thought of someone with hives next door almost makes me want to faint. So while the hairs on my arms are standing up I will say to each his own! :vD
At 12:30 AM, Jenileigh said...: I love honey for baking bread but I don't think I'd want to attempt to have my own bees....:)
At 12:37 AM, Hen Jen said...: OC Mom,

hey, your home from vacation!! we want to see lots of photos on your blog!

Susanne, we are not getting bees- we just don't have a big enough lot, they scare me too. They would have to be on the far side of an acre for me to be comfortable. Kevin is just very interesting and always thinking/learning.

jenileigh,

ooohh, fresh bread..you are making me hungry! do you make it by hand or in a bread machine? I cannot make wheat bread in my bread machine...any tips?

I would be game with the bees if we had an acre and they wouldn't be so up-close and personal!!
thanks for visiting!
At 9:33 AM, Amy said...: I agree with Jenileigh..I love honey, but have no interest in helping to make it happen by keeping bees.

And, before you ask, we bake our bread from scratch by hand, but just with regular yeast and stuff. I haven't gotten into sourdough starters and whatnot. Adam claims not to like sourdough. I can't imagine...

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The secret lives of beekeepers

Backyard apiarists tend to not want any buzz about their hobby.

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