Bees!

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Bees on the Organic Grower's Club Student Farm are a new addition, this being the first year that they have a hive.  The beekeeper talked about what it's like to keep bees, and showed us how he fed them, by pouring a jar of sugar water into the hive.  An aspect of the student farm is creating a community for student to try out ideas, so this beekeeping experiment is a perfect fit.  Wearing his protective bee gear, he took the lid off, and the bees swirled around us as we listened.  There wasn't a good outlook for the bees this year, because the weather was getting too cold, and the hive was started too late in the year (june). This means they probably weren't going to survive the winter.  The hive was started from another hive, by taking a piece of it off, and having the bees colonize a new location.  Should the bees survive, or a new hive be started next year, they will do their job of pollinating the plants on the student farm, helping the yields of vegetables.  The honey created by the bees will also add to the range of products sold and donated by the student farm.