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2OE CE CC a fulltime occupation but explained many do it as a hobby. He said the local and provincial government is at fault for the drop in honey production since they spray unnecessary chemicals on flowers and weeds everywhere. Once the flowers are gone, so is the supply of nectar for the bee. Thus the bee cannot produce honey. The bees are kept outside where they are free to leave the hives. In the winter the bees cluster together to keep from freezing. ~"If you look after the bees really well during the winter you may have to replenish your dead stock but you will not have to buy an entire new stock," said Mr. Blyderveen. William Blyderveen, from Burgessville, has been a bee keeper for most of his life. He raises bees to sell to other bee keepers across Canada, and also extracts a bit of honey to sell at a store located on his farm called £1'1;'Honey Scep. However, most of his honey is imported from Manitoba. _ Mr. Blyderveen keeps 250 hives on his farm, each hive nesting approximately 80,000 bees. He said that bee keeping is almost extinct as uen 4@ ic L.s4 A worker female bee which cannot lay eggs will survive from four to six months in the winter but in the summer it has a short lifeâ€"span of approximately six weeks. rHowever, not everyone avoids bees. Many people in Southern â€" Ontario _ are keeping as busy as bees, keeping bees.> _ By LISA MeKNIGHT Like Winnie the Pooh bear almost everyone enjoys the sweet, succulent taste of honey. What we usually try to avoid are the bees which produce the honey. â€"_ 0 L.b Aawarinnd The new bees brought in each year are shipped in two or three pound packages from Alabama or Georgia. A queen bee can live up to five years, but Mr. Blyderveen likes to replace them after one or two years. Since they only lay eggs once a lifetime, he replaces the queen with a new one who has not layed her eggs yet. Mr. Blyderveen imports only a few queen bees. For his own purposes he enjoys creating his own queen cells. Beeâ€"keeper busy as a °00 AATCIIH s are ‘.:':"v. owsoyears ago th;ere Italian ang Coc"’s[yix:::1 bee. werIekIL:iller bees in Africa. The Italian bees can live in The trouble <started long warm.er CIimate than the before BraZil impOl‘ted tl..le ime shigs it Mack bee and bee which survived so well in _ Shghtly larger, the Brazilian tropics." Skunks are q major Killer bees are dangero!]s szciiglemMmth bee keeping, because they swarm in r. Blyderveen. thousands, _ noted _ Mr. A sixâ€"hourâ€"old larvq fromairil normal bee is put mtohich artificial queen‘s cell whiC is made out of wax. Th1§ 18 placed in a queenless hive. The other bees feed it and eventually they will hatch into a queen bee. If two or three queens are left in the same hive, they will fight until death to see who will. rule the hive, All bees produce honey. The two main to,l2 ol Teni:_ es feed it and hey will hatch bee. If two or are left in the they will fight According to Mr. Blyderveen, the Northern Hemisphere will never be faced with the problem of the dangerous South African Killer bee: s skunk has an appetite for bees and can consume 40,000 bees per night. f "You‘re safe if they .are fenced out but if they get inside to where your hives are they can destroy you." A { 1ly. CS â€"ssces / RBorn . in Burfol‘o(: ‘Iff "wess â€" Townsh ~wasâ€"ason of _ â€" WilliamRobert | NXSHP TE C3 mng _ | T McMillen â€" Charles E. Palmer and William â€" Robert farmed for many years in McMillenâ€"of 41: Church St. the East Oxford area: He © E., Burgessville,â€"passed | retired to Burgessville in â€" away . suddenly_ at his. 1966. Mr. Palmer was a_ residence on â€" Tuesday,© member of East Oxford_ January 26, 1982, in his 6ist | Raptist Church;; and a _ year~â€"=.<â€" ~â€"~< ‘â€"< former member of the East â€"/ Born in North Norwich | Gxford School Board and. _ â€" Township, he was a son Of" Norwich District Hig&,i? the late Mr. and Mrs.‘John â€" School Board. _ l Robert McMillen. A lifeâ€" Surviving are his wife, _ ; long resident of theâ€"area, ‘the formerâ€" Mildred: D: he operated ‘a garage ; Stevenson; oneson, Ronald . business in Burgessville for â€" palmer of Woodstock; one j 31 years. He was a member | daughter, Mrs. James. and. â€"treasurer= of mss camasc aorver Burgessville _ United ‘Blyderveen. The killer bee, ‘which is the smallest of all bees could never survive in a nonâ€"tropical area because they do not know how to cluster and therefore they would freeze. They have no need to cluster in the tropics and therefore are not acâ€" customed to doing it. Mr. Blyderveen‘s interest in â€"bee keeping came about Cemetery 1895, he was a son of the Surviving. are: hisâ€" wife, late Henry Turner and the â€" the: former Mildred Ruth former Amy Elsie Otis. Mr. _ Turners a daughter, Mrs. ‘Turner was a member of . Shirley, Thompson ‘of Norâ€" Houghton? Brethren in â€" With;. a â€"son, Edward Christ Community Church, ~â€" McMiHen of. Toronto;. twoâ€" Frogmore. A rétired dairy _ StePâ€"daughters, Mrs. Murâ€" farmer, he‘farmed in the. "2Y (Colleen) Cole: of_ Burgessville area. _ _â€"â€" _ â€"â€" Woodstock. and Mrs. Mr.>~~Turner â€"â€" was _ _ Malcolm: (Sharon)} Mann of predeceased "by his first Port Dover; a sister, Mrs._. wife the former Mae Hamâ€". RaYmond (Merla) mond in 1964 and by hissee _ PeMontmorencyâ€"and _a,, cond wife the former Hazel _ brother, Jack. McMillen, / Pearl McHardy in 1975 both of Norwich; and seven â€" â€" Survivingâ€"are his third â€"Erandchildren. > : wife, the former Mildred _ _ Resting ‘at the Arn and . Hall; one daughter,. Mrs. . S00 Funeral. Residence;_ James: â€"(Mavis) â€" Deer "of â€" Norwich, where the funeral Burgessville;: and two. â€" 209 commital service will grandchildren, Jeffrey and _ e held Thursday, January . Lisa Deer. 28 at 2 p.m. conducted by : Resting at â€" ‘the â€" Rev.. Cyril Dyke of ; Ostrander‘s _ Funeral _ Burgessville â€" United. Home, Tillsonburg,; whereâ€" â€"Church. _ es ..~ he complete service will â€" . Temporary entombment | be held Saturday, January â€" â€"in~Norwichâ€"Mausoleum 23, at 1:30 p.m. conducted â€"â€" With spring interment‘ in . bvy Rev. John R Sider at. _ Burgessville Cemetery. _ _ 1895, he was a â€"son of the late Henry Turner and the former Amy Elsie Otis. Mr. ‘Turner was a member f "Furner _was aâ€"member of Houghton: Brethren in Christ Community Church, Frogmore. A retired dairy farmer, he‘farmed in the Burgessville area; § ~~Ernest Turner: Ernestâ€" Turner of 130 ~King St., Tillsonburg; passâ€" ed away at Tillsonburg District Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, January 20;â€" 1982, in his 87th year.. Bornin. North Norwich Township, November 1i, Mr. Blyderveen said the it. . ~ _ t _ mfl! chemicals"were as bad in _ Unfortunately,. most! Holland then as they are in ‘peopleâ€"are not immune to Canada now: At the age of 10, â€" beeâ€"stings; and like Winnie Mr. Blyderveen took over â€" the Pooh, we must grin and) where his father left off. bear.those painful stings. . when ms father, who had . He: doesn‘t wear any rmsed_ bees, gave up to the protective gear when taking practice â€"due _to= the care of the.bees: He claims, chemicals â€" which were he‘s been sting so many sprayed in Holland over the times that he is now immune, flowers. to theâ€"sting and agaasetecal Church; membeér <of. the. Woodstock Chapter of the Barbershoppers; member of theâ€"I100F; and a. member of the Royal Canaâ€" dian Legion. Branch â€"190, Norwich, serving as an air frameâ€"mechanic in World War 11. esns . <his~ father, who ol Board and | / istrict High i/ tss c-,;'y:'j ire his :wife, . Mildred: â€"L. eson. Ronald brother, Stanley Palmer of . ; ‘Woodstock. =â€"_â€" _ e Rested at the Arn and â€"â€" {Son Funeral. Residence, | ; Norwich, where the funeral _ _and committal service was * â€" and committal service was | i held Tuesday, January 19 at 2 p.m. conducted by Rev. Alex Gray of Dresdenâ€"Bapâ€" <â€"tist Church. 3 s wich Ce 2C NE NIES O â€" Jnt 3 Spring interment in Norâ€" |