Protecting Bees is important for our environment and for our survival on the planet, but I also learned from this visit to a local bee farm, that bees also help maintain the forests and cannot be raised anywhere near commercial farming or even too many homes as home chemical cleaners and sprays can kill them.
Buying honey and supporting local beekeepers is a great way for us to enjoy a great product while supporting a healthy environment as well as maintaining our own food security.
I first noticed the Hatsuhana Bee Farm cooperative when I attended a LOHAS festival as they were selling all of their products in non-plastic recyclable and renewable containers. On closer inspection, I was pleased to discover that the honey was from my local area and set up an interview with Beekeeper Matsubara-san on Miyajima island.
This video is from a morning I spent on Miyajima with Matsubara-san, a biology student turned beekeeper who manages a Bee farm on Hiroshima’s most famous island.
I really appreciate this beekeeper’s generosity of time in explaining so many interesting things to me as he went about his day of checking the hives- I learned so much from this interview!
Beekeeping requires so much patience, diligence as well as hot, heavy and hard work- I will certainly appreciate all the wonderful honey and bee related items I use in future!
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