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Any Beekeepers out there
Our family have had bees and produced honey as far back as anyone can remember.
The last number of years has seen an increase in mortality from various sources including the Viroa mite, wax worms and something known as collapsing hive disease. They believe it is caused by a gentic mutation caused by pesticides, likey new ones. The bees don't die per se, they just stop coming back to the hive. Without enough bees the whole hive eventually dies off.
If you're not nervous about the bees they're really easy to keep aside from any problems you might encounter.
Best of luck.
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Nearly anything that flowers produces pollen, and any pollen can (and is) used by bees to make honey.
The problem is taste. The flavour of the honey is determined (like anything else) by what it is derived from. I'm sure most people are familiar with some of the most popular, buckwheat, clover, and of course Florida is famous for it's orange blossom honey. Peaches, apple and cherry are other regional biggies.
A hive needs to be within 7 miles of a good source of flowers and the closer the better. In our case there are lots of wildflowers, apple trees and couple of commercial nursery farms within a few miles of us.
I watched a show on Discovery or one of those channels about a group of commercial honey producers who had their hives mounted in tractor trailers and moved around the country as different crops came into flower. Tough way to make a living.
Best of luck.
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Kenneth, just enter "beekeeping supplies" in your favourite flavour of search engine.
I don't have any clue about down there, but there must be stuff available, I recall reading about a beekeepers association in SC so there must be a few around.
As for the Orange Blossom stuff, top shelf stuff indeed, if you know anybody going down I-95 south of about Jax it's available in almost all the roadside places.
I'll be down there next week'ish myself, but I'm not sure I'll be out to the coast on the waty back or I'd gladly drop some of to you.
Best of luck.
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