Backyard Beekeeping

While evidence for wild honey collecting by early humans dates back more than 8000 years to pre-historic European cave paintings, beekeeping as we know it is only a century and a half old. With the invention of the removable-comb hive by Lorenzo Langstroth in the 1850's, it was no longer necessary to destroy the bees' hive to collect their honey. Today, with worldwide populations of honeybees plummeting, backyard beekeepers can simultaneously help their environments and have access to...
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While evidence for wild honey collecting by early humans dates back more than 8000 years to pre-historic European cave paintings, beekeeping as we know it is only a century and a half old. With the invention of the removable-comb hive by Lorenzo Langstroth in the 1850's, it was no longer necessary to destroy the bees' hive to collect their honey. Today, with worldwide populations of honeybees plummeting, backyard beekeepers can simultaneously help their environments and have access to wonderful, fresh honey from their domesticated partners -- just don't try to bring them inside to sleep in the house!
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