Why Not Keep Bees?
- Expensive
- It can be an expensive hobby
- Beginners kit can be £500
- Annual costs such as foundation and sugar
- Most beekeepers cover their costs with sales of honey.
- Few beekeepers make much money from beekeeping
- Time consuming
- Each hive requires about 30 minutes a week in summer.
- It takes very little time in the winter - except after storms!
- Requires space
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- You need space to store the equipment
- You need somewhere to keep the bees - the apiary.
- May get stung
- Yes you do get stung - sometimes
- Usually you made a mistake and the bees saw it.
- It does hurt - but not much.
- It can itch - quite a lot for 48 hours!
- May develop an allergy to bees
- You may develop an allergy to bee stings.
- This may be just annoying
- Or it may be life threatening.
- But there is a up side.
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