Amazon Neighborhood is all abuzz with the activities of a new bee co-op which helps interested persons raise their own bees, assist others to raise bees, or simply own and host their own hive managed by other co-op members.
Co-Op members installed 8 new hives last Saturday in Amazon and two in other areas. This week we captured a swarm and installed an 11th hive.
Interested persons can learn more at amazonbeepeople.blogspot.com or are welcome to contact David Stucky at david.stucky@gmail.com or 541.543.6458.
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[...] Stucky built the hives, he built the potato bed he was sitting on, his son, Canaan built the trellis the hops will eventually latch to and climb. Stucky has two children, one, Canaan lives with him and Stucky’s mother in Eugene. The other lives in South Africa. He grew up in Illinois and graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Civil Engineering degree. Afterwards, he spent three years in Central America helping the refugees of civil wars. Stucky went to graduate school in Eugene in 1990 and has been here ever since. Potatos [...]
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