Every few months I briefly entertain the idea of keeping honey bees here at our small farm. And then I start reading through all the start-up material and read about it and quickly become unconvinced of the idea. I would rather support our native pollinating insects.
Too many pest problems. Too much labour. And I always come to the conclusion: I'd rather encourage native pollinators for our area. Honey is a neat crop, but not necessary and not something I suspect I could make money from anyways.
So yeah, for me it's now becoming: how I can I create more habitat for my native bees and protect them from the cash crop agriculture that's on both sides of me?
Too many pest problems. Too much labour. And I always come to the conclusion: I'd rather encourage native pollinators for our area. Honey is a neat crop, but not necessary and not something I suspect I could make money from anyways.
So yeah, for me it's now becoming: how I can I create more habitat for my native bees and protect them from the cash crop agriculture that's on both sides of me?