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The buzz about the decreasing honeybee population has motivated some Floridians to invest in a new hobby. Each year, the nation’s population of honeybees declines by more than 30 percent. Meanwhile, the number of Floridian beekeepers has nearly tripled in the past decade, with more than 2,700...

Thousands of backyard beekeepers get a buzz from honey hobby By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley The Miami Herald By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley Special to The Miami Herald It used to be that just about the only choice you had when purchasing honey was whether to buy it in a glass jar or a chubby plastic...

Bee keeper Allen Dovico, who raises bees to collect honey and is growing his colonies, shows off a frame where the bees have started to cap off the honey combs Wednesday afternoon May 29, 2013. He averages about 90 pounds of honey from each hive in about 4-6 weeks...