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• Honey will never spoil if it’s kept dry at 18
percent humidity or less.
• When handled properly, bees are not a threat.
A bee doesn’t hurt you unless it feels threatened,
which might include if it runs into you.
• If a bee stings you, it dies afterward. It is best to
scrape away a stinger.
•A true allergic response is if a person’s throat
swells. It is important for anyone who is allergic
to a bee sting to carry an EpiPen.
• Approximately $100 will get you a box of starter
honeybees.
Don’t forget the sweet side of bees, the honey.
Honey can be substituted for sugar. Ramsey
offered these tips for baking: Replace half the
sugar with honey — it takes less fluid in the
recipe — and turn oven temperature back 25
degrees (or your cookies will likely turn black).
Logan County has several beekeepers offering
local honey, including Nathan Sasse with Sasse’s
Apiary, Chestnut. You can find his products in
local stores.
The Leonards’ honey can be purchased at either
Corey’s Shelter Insurance office, 511A Pulaski
Street in Lincoln, or his sister Sue Wakeman’s
business, Sue’s Salon in Mount Pulaski.
Information and sources to get you
started at being a beekeeper:
“Gardening for Honey Bees”
An exhaustive list of plant materials that attract
bees
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Gardening_for_Honey_Bees.pdf
All about getting started raising bees
From the University of Georgia
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“How to start an Urban Beehive”
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bee-keeping/start-beehive.aspx
