*Garden Ping*
Sure hope they could keep these little guys warm enough during this awful cold snap in Texas!
I think this is a great idea - more prisons should have gardens, bees; anything that teaches life skills.
Watch out for the murder hornets.
Bee man of Alcatraz.
Great article thanks for posting.
One thing that beekeeping teaches is the value of self-control. When you get stung a few times—and you will get stung—yelling and waving your arms about will not make things better. Bees and hives have ‘moods’. If the bees are in a bad mood, you’ll just have to check on the hive another time. But you also will have to put the hive back together no matter how many times you get nailed.
Oddly beekeeping promotes calm, steady, watchful behavior. Traits many should acquire.
Humboldt County has some acreage in a warmer region about 30 miles south of Eureka where some of the inmates produce veggies for the jail...
Work friend of mine tried raising bees for a time.
Ultimately she gave it up, due to the sheer number of flora & fauna out there that seek to kill the poor things.
She also mentioned that their honey taste can vary, depending on the types of plants they visit. Sure enough, the sample she provided me had a slight rosemary taste.
Felons and killer bees. What could go wrong?