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by Lee Ann Waterman.
eekeeper Ernst
Bayer, who lives
and farms in
Mitchell, says that Ontario
needs mores beekeepers
and more bees,
"We need. more active
beekeepers," he says,.
adding further that "every
farmer should be a bee-
keeper." •
Bees are. necessary :to
the success of certain crops
such •as strawberries,
apples and other fruit -bear-
ing ,plants and trees which.
require. -the insects for pol-
lination,
_- The bee business, and
therefore these types of
crops, in Canada .are
threatened by two, mites
which came to the "country
with bees purchased from
the southern United States.,
The best way to prevent
these mites from destroy=_
ing ahive, says Bayer,
buyand breed mite -resis-
tant bees. Mite -resistant
bees, : which were devel-
oped in .England and
Denmark. have been avail-
able in Canada for the past
six .years, ••he says.
However, this type of bee,
caned buckfast, takes
longer to build-up a hive in
the spring than bees native
to Ontario.
Bayer suggests the solu-
tion may be a hybrid of the
buckfast and local Ontario
bees,
Bayer, now 74, •first
learned about raising bees:
when he was in elementary
school • in . his native
Czechoslovakia -- and he
says he still performs the
same tasks he was taught
more than 60 years. ago.
"Nothing: has changed
in "the handling of bees in
the last. 200 years,' he
says; "Bees stay the same,.
.only people are changing."
More than 20 years ago, .
Bayer moved to Perth
County to farm.' He now •
owns " several farms and
164 hives which produce
about 50 -lbs. •of honey
each, every year.
Most of his harvest is
sold to a Newmarket -based
bakery. But he keeps some
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The wine, which
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is manufactured in
the same way one
would^ make wine
from fruit.
"It doesn't matter
whether you're producing
wine from honey, apples or
grapes," says Bayer, "it's
the same, it's fermenta-,
gm" -
There are only four
ingredients in honey wine
-- water, yeast, nutrient
and, Or course, honey.
High-quality water, from a
spring or a well, is very
important,, says. Bayer.
Town or city water that has
chlorine 'and other chem--
call added, is not suitable
as itwill kill the yeast. The
nutrient is added as food who . can lift 60 -lbs. (the
for the yeast , because weight .of a bee box full• of
honey alone does not con- honey)." he says.
Mini enough minerals,
Beekeeper Ernst Bayer
Bayer's enthusiasm for
honey wine has ;aught. on,
with other area :residents.
who have formed a' club.
"I like bees," he says of
why beekeeping , has:
become a fife -long pursuit.
"Some people playcards .,,
and 'I keep bees. It's an:
excellent ,job for older peo- -
plc like me or younger -
people that have time for
hobbies:"
• To encourage more peo-
ple to • start hives in the
area, Bayer offers free
courses in beekeeping.
"Anybody can do it