satsuma tree

[Gerald]

My Grandfather had bees on his father's farm most of his life. When we children [4 of us] were young my Dad bought us a hive and all the stuff needed to work the hive.

We had bees for about 10 years and ended up with 4 large hives. We would "rob" the hives of honey 2 or 3 times a year and sold most of it to a bakery in Baton Rouge. We would fill up 2 or 3 five gallon cans each time we extracted the honey.

Mom would leave the house when we took over the kitchen for the day.