Comments on: Who Wants Some Bees?

By: meave

meave — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:50:01 +0000

Really! How do you do it? I am really honestly curious.

By: Cameo Wood

Cameo Wood — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:39:07 +0000

@br Rainbow has an extensive selection of raw local honeys, and Mission Pie has a couple of great noe valley and castro selections.

@Meave: Never had to use maggots, and I’ve never had to kill baby bees. Maybe that’s more common with commercial operations.

By: David Cole

David Cole — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:36:47 +0000

@br: Mission Pie sells a number of different local honeys. They have tons!

@meave: I don’t do that, but in order to maintain the hives you do need to slice out excess comb which kills some baby bees in the process. It’s really disgusting, they’re all white and larvae-y.

By: meave

meave — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:06:36 +0000

Beekeeping is all well and good if you’re cool with siccing maggots on your baby bees to “clean out” the honeycombs after harvesting the honey. Seeing a video of such a procedure made me sad for the bees. Is this commonly done? It’s kind of horrible to watch.

By: br

br — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:53:54 +0000

Where does one buy some local raw honey? Is it crazy expensive somewhere like the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market?

By: David Cole

David Cole — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:04:40 +0000

As an SF beekeeper I can say that bees are chill as heck and don’t bother you unless you are in their hive messing around with the contents. Also, local honey is good for people with allergies cuz you’re digesting local plant goodness and shit. Lastly, and most importantly, local, raw honey is crazy good, way better than store-bought pasteurized crap.