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When one thinks of a farm the first thing that comes to mind is livestock and planting fields, cutting hay and things of that sort. But for Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Harry, who own Little Egypt Farm here in Boston, their chief work is raising honeybees.
They both grew up on farms and when Mr. Harry received a "bee veil” for a Christmas present the hobby of bees started with five packs of bees, one pack making up a colony. < It is interesting to know that a colony consists of 12,000 bees and one queen bee. Anywhere from 20 to 100 pounds of honey can be produced from one colony, of course all depending on the weather. Tbo much rain is not good for the bees in thenhoney making. Maple and oak trees sometimes blossoming out in March are a great source of pollination but when fruit sea
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