![]() ![]() The impact of Ashleigh and Bryann's beekeeping extends beyond hungry seniors. "It just amazed me that two young girls would do this," he said. He described the honey as "delicious," adding he ate it on toast and English muffins.įurthermore, Walsh was impressed by the teenage girls' dedication. Owen Walsh, a Lutheran Village resident, said he got his hands on a jar of their honey through a neighbor. Members of the family deliver "full baskets full of jars of honey" to residents of Lutheran Village in Hanover. ![]() "I'm all for charity," Ashleigh said. "Charity’s great." The family collects honey from the hives twice a year, totaling 65 pounds a year - "a lot of honey," Jones said.Īlthough the family uses some of the honey, they decided to give most of it away, particularly to senior citizens. "It's really interesting," she said of learning about beehives. But for the most part, the bees are "self-sufficient," Ashleigh said. The family also learned tidbits like replacing the queen bee every two years and leaving enough honey so the bees have enough to survive the winter months. “You can hear them buzzing, and it's loud," she said. "They don't sting you for no reason."Īshleigh said she has only been stung once in four years, and it felt like a "light pinch." She did, however, experience one of the honey bees getting tangled in her hair. "They're not like other bees," Ashleigh said. ![]() They learned how to scrape honey off the frames in the beehives and feed the bees with sugar water. Jones ensured her daughters followed all three pieces of advice when taking up their new hobby.Īfter getting permission from neighbors, Jones bought the first batch of bees from a man in Carlisle and drove them back home in her car as they were "buzzing all the way," she said. Barnes added that 50 percent of people who start beekeeping give up within the first year.įor those interested in getting started, Barnes recommended joining a club, finding a mentor and researching beekeeping extensively. The worst thing for aspiring beekeepers to do is to right jump in the deep end because the bees will likely die, said Jeremy Barnes, former president of the York County Beekeepers Association. "Honestly as beginners, we wouldn't know the first thing," Ashleigh said. To begin their undertaking, the teenagers registered with the York County Beekeepers Association. "He really wanted them to do this," she said. ![]()
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