Dominion Energy’s 1.6 MW Black Bear Solar project in Buckingham County is now partnered with Mountain House Apiaries, using Italian honey bees to maintain the land around the solar arrays while ...
Together, in 2022, they installed rescued local hives containing 160,000 Italian honeybees. This past summer, the bees produced 13 gallons of honey for the restaurant. Having it so near means the ...
Chuck Burden, beekeeper with Mountain House Apiaries, handles Italian honey bees at the Black Bear Solar project in Buckingham County. (Courtesy of Dominion Energy) Dominion Energy’s 1.6 MW ...
But Russian bees are more resistant to it, and backyard beekeepers have had success with them. The problem, says Tarpy, is that Russian honeybees don’t make as much honey as their Italian ...
Dominion Energy’s 1.6 MW Black Bear Solar project in Buckingham County is now partnered with Mountain House Apiaries, using Italian honey bees to maintain the land around the solar arrays while ...
Patrick Murfet wants to import the Italian bees for his business, and to help farmers pollinate crops. New laws which came into effect after the UK left the single market in January say only queen ...