They call it a "busmans holiday," you know, when a bus driver takes a vacation, then goes on a motor coach tour. Well it can happen to beekeepers as well, and if done right, it can be a real learning experience. This writer, a sideline beekeeper fromthe Finger Lakes area of central New York State, annually gets the urge, about the first of February, to get away from it all and go south for some sunshine and rejuvenation. This year it was my good fortune to hook up with my friend Bill Hilker, who with his wife, Shirley, had grown up in the Lake Wales, FL area where we were vacationing, and who is acquainted with many of the beekeepers in that area.
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