Robert White, 86, has been hanging out with honey bees “for the past 70 years” and watched his father and grandfather before him do the same.
Batavia area resident Robert White shows off an old-fashioned bee veil that was used by beekeepers who harvested honey. White has been around bees for over 70 years and still harvests and sells honey. While bees are vital to the ecosystem, many people don’t want to be around them for fear of being stung.
“I was born on the farm where I am now here in rural Batavia. When me and my wife Ella first got married, we lived at my grandpa’s farm for eight years and then I moved back here,” White said from his home on White Oak Lane in an unincorporated area near Batavia. “I don’t think they get used to a person but do get used to the way they are handled,” he said. “We use a smoker and give them a little puff, and it alarms them and they run in and tell everybody that something is going on. Bees get excited and when they do they fill up with honey and start sucking their bellies full of it in case they have to escape or something like that.”
Robert White, who has been practicing beekeeping as a hobby for over 70 years, shows off the box that the queen bee lives in while in the hive.
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