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      <image:caption>The first thing I got into was soap making. Beeswax has a natural place in soap — it adds hardness to the bar so it lasts longer, and it contributes a subtle richness you do not get from a plain recipe. Using my own wax means I know exactly where it came from and how the bees that made it were kept.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Instead of stacking boxes vertically, a horizontal hive lays everything out in a single long row of frames, side by side. You work the hive by moving down the row rather than lifting heavy boxes off the top. For someone who did not love the idea of hauling loaded honey supers around, that was appealing right away.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Note - I painted my hives black. Yes black. My rationale - I put my hives under shade trees. Shade would keep them cool in the summer. When the trees loose their leaves in the fall, the sun would warm the hive in the winter. I have no evidence of it helping or hurting the colonies.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The honey drains out of the extractor and gets strained to remove bits of wax and the occasional stray debris. Then it goes into jars. That is it! Raw honey, straight from the hive, nothing added and nothing cooked out of it.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>I have been an avid gardener for years, and in 2025 I started thinking about pollination. More bees in the backyard meant better fruit set, healthier plants, a fuller harvest. So my plan was simple and modest: order a package of bees, put a single hive in the backyard, and see what all the fuss was about. Just try it. Just see what this thing actually is. That is not what happened. What happened is that beekeeping reached up and pulled me in.</image:caption>
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