Posted on 06/06/2017 10:07:49 AM PDT by simpson96
WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence's wife, Karen, has installed a beehive on the grounds of their government residence in Washington.
Mrs. Pence says honey bees play an important role in agricultural production in the United States.
She says one out of every three bites of food consumed in the U.S. are made possible with the help of pollinators such as bees, butterflies, birds and bats. But managed bee colonies are in decline, posing a challenge to agricultural production.
The Pence's beehive has 15,000 to 20,000 honey bees, including the queen bee.
Mrs. Pence says honey the bees produce will be given away as gifts.
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Bee enslavement!! Bees Lives Matter.
Good for her. I’ve thought about it, but my neighbors are too close and I don’t like getting stung.
Id suggest installing a beehive in the press room. Or a wasps nest.
I guess this will allow her to keep up with the latest D.C. buzz...
Wonder if it’s managed through PURDUE University.
They have done much research and help many huge bee colonies
Some even travel from orchard to orchard to help pollinate the crops
She's taking care ahead of time with weapons to use against pesky media and antifa protestors!
Did Trump just kick Michelle’s bees off of the White House grounds and Pence had to come to the rescue?
Raw honey is the best. She should plant a pollinator garden while she’s at it.
Good idea, the mud daubers in there might not like the intruders.
Wasps are better but hornets are nastier and will chase for miles, stinging their targets!
I just got my beehive up and running a couple of weeks ago.
Do any FReepers also maintain a beehive? I am a novice and I am looking to avoid common mistakes. My first Beehive community meeting is next week.
Bet she’s taken care of that or has plans to do so, asap!
Did Obabmas ole’lady do the same?Is hers still there?
So many ? about such important CRAP
We have one, a small one. Lot fewer visitors so far this year, though.
That’s nothing. “Dr.” Jill Biden installed a snake-pit.
Good for her!
That sounds pretty awesome actually :D
Good for her. Somehow I cannot imagine Hillary taking up beekeeping.
Just wait til the Dems find out that in a hive all the work is done by femals while the males just buzz around looking for sex.
She’s taking care ahead of time with weapons to use against pesk
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