I'd kept bees for a couple of decades out here in Desert Heights, near the Marine base. 2011 and 2012 were the only years with enough rain to allow me to harvest and bottle any honey.
The change in property owners from the Depression era World War Two set out here has also had an impact. The old property owners knew to water a few trees or plants. The short term rental owners don't seem to be oriented the same.
I stopped keeping honeybees after 20 something years when I considered the impact on native insects and those that feed on them, bats for example.
Beautiful work!!!
I'd kept bees for a couple of decades out here in Desert Heights, near the Marine base. 2011 and 2012 were the only years with enough rain to allow me to harvest and bottle any honey.
The change in property owners from the Depression era World War Two set out here has also had an impact. The old property owners knew to water a few trees or plants. The short term rental owners don't seem to be oriented the same.
I stopped keeping honeybees after 20 something years when I considered the impact on native insects and those that feed on them, bats for example.
Roger