Backyard Hive

I have long dreamed of keeping bees and gathering my own honey. Even when I was young, though, I was put off by the “necessity” of killing the queen bee. It didn’t seem right. The older I got and the more I began to realize how intrusive and exploitative humans generally are in their in interactions with the natural world, I became convinced that killing the queen wasn’t really necessary. And the more I read about the decline of the honeybee around the world the more I believed man’s interference with the queens and the natural evolution of hives has a lot to do with it all.

Earlier this year I took a short Introduction to Beekeeping class. My instructor was a more or less “traditional” beekeeper but he did tell us about a natural movement in beekeeping and he told us of some resources. I would like to share some sites that I found that fits with my philosophy.

http://www.spikenardfarm.org/honeybees.shtml

http://www.biobees.com/ (many people have told me this is one of the best)

http://www2.gsu.edu/~biojdsx/main.htm

http://www.beeguardian.org/

http://www.backyardhive.com/

I currently have my house up for sale and don’t want to start keeping bees until I move. But this is something I am definitely going to get involved in once I relocate.