(with apologies to David Letterman)
10. There is no winter time work with bees. No feeding, watering, shoveling, milking, de-horning, brushing, and no litter tray to be cleaned.
9. Honey bees make ideal pets. They don’t bury bones in the flowers, jump up on guests or crawl under the fence and dig up your neighbor’s plants.
8. There are no complicated chemical formulae to memorize. They turn nectar into honey without the the use of chemicals or steroids and they share any surplus with the beekeeper.
7. There are no labor unions, no Honey Bee Trade Union with a “less flowers, more honey” picket line.
6. Bees do not contribute to global warming. A hive does not require oil, gasoline or diesel from the Middle East to run.
5. Bees are worry-free tenants. They are not particular about the space you provide – no rents, no leases, no prime mortgages, no foreclosures.
4. Honey bees are hygenic. It’s like having a horse that collects is own hay and then cleans out the barn in the evening, or a child that cleans his or her room without being told.
3. They do not disturb you at night. There is no having to get up at 2 o’clock in the morning to check if they are calving or to get them a glass of water.
2. Everything you do as a beekeeper is shared with your neighbors, whether they are gardeners or not.
1. You don’t have to be perfect to be a beekeeper.
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