To get rid of crystals, just place the jar in warm water, I forget, maybe hot water. People I know who have a large honey hive business in LC said sometimes the same day as taking the honey off hives and jaring it, it will crystallize.

A couple of my friends in Florida have at least 60 hives between the 2 of them. They rent them out to the orchards and farmers to pollinate crops. make money on the hives and the honey.

Put the jars in a pot of water and heat to 180 F and it will fix your crystallization problem.

My family has around 20 hives. We use to do around 50 to 60 hives. A few years back we had a problem with moth larvae. If you reuse supers make sure you freeze them for a couple of days to kill any larvae that might be in the frames from storage. We keep 12 hives in a satsuma orchard. It has to be the best honey I have ever eaten. Fletcher's Feed Store sells local honey. If you plan on getting into bee keeping there is a local club in SWLA that is good to join. They will go out of their way to help you in any way.

How much is initial start up? I have been interested in doing this for quite a while but have no idea how much it will cost, or where to even get a hive from

I've heard the biggest up front expense is Benadryl

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I heard the start up cost for Turtles was much cheaper.
Sorry man low hangin fruit.

Not if you include court costs and lawyers fees! :smokin:

BOOM. Touche.

What Andy C said. Local raw honey.will help with allergies for sure. I need to get some and eat it because this pollen is kicking my azz right now.

Just FYI since there seems to be a lot of interest here, the is a beginner beekeeping class at the LSU rural life/burden center on Essen lane on Monday at 7pm

April 13