Help Save the Bee Population

Help Save the Bee Population

Marla Jones, Managing Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

NORTHEAST ALABAMA-- The honey bee population has been on the decline for several years. Bees lay at the heart of our survival. 

Honey bees pollinate one in three bites of food that we eat and are essential to the health and prosperity of countless ecosystems.  

An average worker bee, in its lifetime, only makes only about 1 1/2 teaspoon of honey. At the peak of the honey-gathering season, a strong healthy hive will have a population of 50,000+ bees.  

Wesley Busby, who has worked with the Henagar Fire Department for over 14 years, realized the importance of maintaining the population of honey bees.

Busby started a bee removal business in 2016 as a hobby. He covers northeast Alabama. His mission is to help the local area realize the importance of pollinators and to call someone to remove the bee hive instead of killing it. 

A bee hive removal can take hours. The hive has to be vacuumed and then the comb has to be cut. The comb is then installed into frames for the new hive to be established in.

If you have a hive that needs to be removed, check out Bama Beekeeping and Removal on Facebook, and let's do our part to save the honey bee population.

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