From Rogue:
The Rogue Nation Department of Agriculture, Department Bee, completed a major expansion in May when we added one million new honeybees to the Rogue Farms Apiary.
The new Rogue Honeybees are tough - carefully bred by Old Sol Apiaries of Rogue River, Oregon to survive the cool and rainy winters of Western Oregon. By introducing hardier bees to the Rogue Farms Apiary, we hope to avoid the heavy winter losses that have plagued beekeepers in other parts of the country.
The move had to be carefully planned to avoid stress on the honeybees. Most of the operation - from loading the hives onto our trailer, driving them back to the farm, and placing the bees around the apiary - took place at night while the bees were asleep.
The new honeybees arrived at 1:34am.
It was harder on us to do it this way, but we didn't mind. Happier honeybees mean better honey, and better honey means better tasting Mead and Honey Kolsch.
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