Beekeeping becoming a popular hobby in Yakima
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YAKIMA, Wash. -- Beekeeping is a hobby for some and a job for others. We learned more and more people in Yakima are taking an interest backyard beekeeping.
"You wanted one package right? Is that all you needed," asked one owner of Bees A Bunch.
It starts like any other transaction. State the price, sign the check, and it's all yours.
There are 10,000 bees in each personal hive. Paul Gill and his son have been waiting for one.
Self described, youngest bee keeper in Yakima, Paul's son isn't the only one excited to take one of the buzzing boxes home. Owner of Bees a bunch, Rod Jackman passes out bees by the tens of thousands.
Jackman's business is quite literally buzzing. Monthly beekeepers meetings have grown from about 50 to nearly 80 people.
"Everybody wants to do natural," said Jackman. "What's more natural than honey?"
"It was one of the things we wanted to get into for a hobby," said Paul.
But whether these small, winged insects are for fortune or fun, this bee salesman is staying busy.
Jackman said, "You open it up, look at it, sit there and watch them go; try to figure out why they're smarter than I am!"
Many beekeepers tell us their hobby is important for society. In the past 50 years, the world's bee population has been cut in half.
"You wanted one package right? Is that all you needed," asked one owner of Bees A Bunch.
It starts like any other transaction. State the price, sign the check, and it's all yours.
There are 10,000 bees in each personal hive. Paul Gill and his son have been waiting for one.
Self described, youngest bee keeper in Yakima, Paul's son isn't the only one excited to take one of the buzzing boxes home. Owner of Bees a bunch, Rod Jackman passes out bees by the tens of thousands.
Jackman's business is quite literally buzzing. Monthly beekeepers meetings have grown from about 50 to nearly 80 people.
"Everybody wants to do natural," said Jackman. "What's more natural than honey?"
"It was one of the things we wanted to get into for a hobby," said Paul.
But whether these small, winged insects are for fortune or fun, this bee salesman is staying busy.
Jackman said, "You open it up, look at it, sit there and watch them go; try to figure out why they're smarter than I am!"
Many beekeepers tell us their hobby is important for society. In the past 50 years, the world's bee population has been cut in half.
