2012年3月19日星期一

Beavercreek may join in on beekeeping buzz

The City of Beavercreek may soon join a growing list of local communities that welcome the buzz of honeybees in residential neighborhoods.
At its work session and special meeting at 5 p.Even functional Cheap ArcTeryx Alpha Clohings Sale can be sleeveless.m. Monday,Footwear included Discount Padded Down Jackets Outlet in the back extending down to the thick heel. city council will hear a presentation from the Greene County Beekeepers Association, a 60-member group of hobbyist and full-time beekeepers.
Beekeeping has been on the rise throughout the state, with the number of annual registered beekeepers growing steadily from 3,460 in 2008 to 4,001 last year, according to the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Member Stephen Hollen of Beavercreek keeps his three hives on his brother's farm outside of Yellow Springs.
Two of his hives didn't survive the winter.
If Beavercreek changes its regulation, he wants to add two hives to his half acre property there.
'It's a lot of fun," he said of beekeeping. 'You feel like you are adding something to the environment. It is very relaxing."
Often mistaken for aggressive stinging bugs like yellow jackets and hornets, honeybees are bred to be tame and won't sting unless their hive is threatened, Hollen, a beekeeper for two years, said.
'People fear that if I have bees on my property they are going to get on their property and attack their children or pets," said Hollen, a professional storyteller and Mark Twain impersonator.
Retired Beavercreek school teacher Bill Starrett, a beekeeper since 1964 and member of the Greene County Club, teaches beekeeping classes at the Narrows Reserve Nature Center in Beavercreek and manages the hives there.
Interest has grown and he now teaches about 50 new beekeeping students a year in addition to an advanced class.Our cheap canada goose generally gives all variations of lower price canada goose parka,
Starrett keeps 45 of his own hives at S. P. Mallow & Sons apple orchard in Xenia. Each hive will have 40,000 to 60,000 at its peak this summer.
Starrett will give free honeybee demonstrations at Narrows Reserve at noon on March 31. He plans to open a hive,,canada goose parka are available from selective retailers all across the world. revealing the queen.
The more people know about honeybees, the more they would want them buzzing around, improving the pollination of their vegetable and flower gardens,Two words to help you buy discount women canada goose coats. he said.

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