To me it is important to leave something lasting on the planet. Whether it’s good kids, a book, good deeds, or pioneering, any something that people can only say, she or he did that. I’ve done alright in my life, but I will leave genetically great bees in a 2-mile radius of the bee yard just this year. I lost a colony to swarm already. Yes, it’s accidentally a good thing, I didn’t set out with it to be so, but it has already happened and life will find a way starting right there in Platte County MO. The bees that remained have grown into a strong colony. All my ego aside, I care about our planet. I’m not an environmentalist, more of a conservationist. Contribute what I can and make it sustainable.
To me it is important to leave something lasting on the planet. Whether it’s good kids, a book, good deeds, or pioneering, any something that people can only say, she or he did that. I’ve done alright in my life, but I will leave genetically great bees in a 2-mile radius of the bee yard just this year. I lost a colony to swarm already. Yes, it’s accidentally a good thing, I didn’t set out with it to be so, but it has already happened and life will find a way starting right there in Platte County MO. The bees that remained have grown into a strong colony. All my ego aside, I care about our planet. I’m not an environmentalist, more of a conservationist. Contribute what I can and make it sustainable.
I have kept a colony of Missouri bees over a winter in a field near Edgerton MO. I purchased and split more colonies and lost another. The colonies remaining grew and produced honey for my friends and family and its amazing! The honey and wax is clean, is free from pesticides, antibiotics etc, 100% naturally sourced pollen and nectar. It took a minute to get here, and I enjoy the good fortune of a bee friendly landowner that lent speed to the project. I didn’t make the honey, but I put all the right things together to make a premium honey possible, and it happened. This year I met my goal for the apiary.
I am doing my best to be a good beekeeper. Though I don’t know as much as I will, right now I look forward to learning and being a better beekeeper.
~Charlie
