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		durkie on Sept 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Loyalty Nearly Killed My Beehive I started with First Lessons in Beekeeping by Keith Delaplane: http://www.amazon.com/First-Lessons-Beekeeping-Keith-Delapla... 2 few things to know about beekeeping: * Beekeepers disagree on everything. * Bees have been surviving without humans for a long time. So in general as long as you're not horrible and actively trying to kill your bees, they'll manage fine.

pyre on Sept 22, 2014 [–]

> * Bees have been surviving without humans for a long time.

While this is true, the point in the article about 'feral' hives and genetic diversity was pretty interesting.

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