Beekeeping with a disability

Zec Richardson
Zec Richardson Posts: 157 Empowering
in Everyday life
Hi everyone
I have always wanted to keep bees and thought that due to my disability it was now not possible.
Last year we decided to go for it and with help I built a Top Bar hive as they are more accessible and don't involve the heavy lifting that the standard hives do.
In May I got a swarm and they were put into the hive and it has been an amazing year.
Here is a video of my latest hive inspection https://youtu.be/FcAhFPdc49o and you can read more here about the build and how I started!



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  • janer1967
    janer1967 Posts: 21,921 Championing
    Fascinating glad you got it set up, Im not a bee or insect lover I am afraid but thanks for sharing with us
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    Thank you so much for the post, what an interesting topic! I'm delighted you were able to overcome the barriers to fulfil your ambition of bee keeping :) 

    The video is lovely as well, thanks for sharing.

    What's your favourite thing about doing it?
  • Cress
    Cress Posts: 1,005 Trailblazing
    Tell 'em about the honey, mummy!
    Sorry couldn't resist...fascinating stuff....but scary!
  • Richard_Scope
    Richard_Scope Posts: 4,007 Cerebral Palsy Network
    edited August 2020
    This is fantastic! Bees are absolutely vital for maintaining our food supply and other things besides. I'm all for anything that helps these amazing creatures.
  • Chloe_Alumni
    Chloe_Alumni Posts: 10,505 Championing
    Ahh amazing @Zec Richardson! 
  • MrCat
    MrCat Posts: 25 Listener
    I am trying to look into getting Leaf Bees (I am not Physically disabled) but people keep saying they are too dangerous? 

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