A friend of ours put bee hives on the north side of the Bosque last week. In exchange, we will learn about beekeeping and get a bit of honey!
Bees are extremely interesting creatures. Their caste system is very complex, and the queen bee is the only breeder in each colony. Beekeeping involves a fair amount of initial work to set up the colonies. After that, the beekeeper needs only to harvest the honey twice a year, and check on the hives occasionally.
We don’t use white sugar in our meals here so honey is quite a valuable resource for us. Producing our own will be a money saver… and it will also be very fun and cool!
So the first food-producing animals find their way to our forest. Next – chickens for the eggs? goats for the cheese? Time will tell!