Commercial BeekeepingDesert Creek Honey

摘要

As you scan the chairs at any bee meeting, you find a majority of gray haired attendees, hence the saying, "graying of the beekeeping industry." Well, there are some pretty great exceptions in our industry that will be carrying the passion of beekeeping into the next decade. Beekeepers are transferring their businesses, their customers and their passion to the younger generation in many cases. In the future we will explore some of the ways that the graying group are paying their businesses forward, but for this article I would like to introduce you to a young beekeeper who discovered beekeeping on his own, found a way to build a career from his passion, and has developed a well-respected beekeeping operation.