Beekeeping for Beginners: A Honey of a Hobby

By Annette Hinkle
Despite their industrious nature and the fact that their pollination efforts are responsible for providing us with 95 percent of the fresh fruits and vegetables we enjoy on a regular basis, bees, it seems, get a bad rap.
Maybe it dates back to our collective memory of the elementary school playground and that one kid who swore that if a bee comes near you, it’s going to sting you.
It’s not a position that Ray Lackey has much patience with — especially when you’re talking about his beloved honeybees.