4 Essential Benefits You Can Get From Beekeeping There is a lot more beekeeping can give you than harvesting affordable, local, delicious honey (although that is the sweetest benefit of all). Considering the high-tech times today, people rarely think about keeping honeybees. Most people think, why to keep bees when they can go buy a bottle of honey from the grocery store. However, if you allow yourself to think beyond the honey, you’ll come to realize that every household in the country should be keeping at least one hive of honeybees. So if you're thinking of keeping bees, look for honey bee hives for sale. In this article, we'll take a look at some of the benefits of beekeeping Local honey is expensive You can’t argue that the honey your honeybees would produce would be entirely free. After all, you'd have to spend money when obtaining a package of bees and the work that goes into maintaining the hive. However, the cost is greatly reduced when you calculate every jar of honey you harvest, you’ll find that it will be considerably less than the bottle you obtain from the store. Boost your vegetable garden’s production Most of the green vegetables we eat are pollinated by honeybees. Even plants capable of selfpollination tend to produce in greater quantities when pollinated by the honeybee. Of course, there are other pollinators such as carpenter bees and other insects, but they are not always as effective as honeybees, and they can also become more of a nuisance than a help. Save money on beeswax Beeswax comes in handy for many purposes. To name a few, it is used for making beautiful candles, lip balms, hair care products, soaps, and wood polishes. Having your own beeswax will not only save you money, but you can also be sure that the wax is 100% free of undesirable additives. Bee Pollen and Propolis are natural remedies Worker bees fly out and search for nectar and pollen. They collect pollen in special sacs on their hind legs and then bring them back to the colony, feeding the brood as a source of protein. Bee pollen is known to be a natural remedy for allergies and other illnesses. Because the pollen comes from local flowers and plants in the area, it works on allergies from those same local sources.
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