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How We Got Back Our Beekeeping Mojo

Last year my husband Doug and I were ready to quit beekeeping.  The hobby we started just three years earlier felt more like a job than a recreational activity.  The bees didn’t feel like our pets.  They felt like our bosses.  Imagine having 250,000 different bosses at work, and all of them have the capability to sting you when they are unhappy with your performance.  “I don’t want to do this anymore,” Doug said late last summer.  The story of how we went from wanting to quit beekeeping to getting back our beekeeping mojo is not just a story about bees.  It’s a story about life.  Maybe reading our story can help you if you feel like you have lost your mojo too.     

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