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The Evolution of Beekeeping (141)
What's changed in the past 150 years or so? For some of us who have been around awhile, it seems like a lot. Most honey is still produced in the boxes Langstroth put together. Size and shape maybe different now, but it is all still, moveable frames in a box. Hive tools, smokers, veils and the rest of our tools remain nearly unchanged. Now designs, new material to make them with, but basically the same.
Who keeps bees now as to then? It used to be a man's world, but the population of who is keeping bees is nearly even.
The electronic gizmos we use now would have been considered science fiction…
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