>> THEY MAY BE LITTLE BUT SOME OF THE HARDEST WORKING CREATURES ON THIS EAR.
WE NEED ONLY BEES TO POLLINATE
OUR FLOWERS.
>> LIVING IN A STATE WHERE WE
ARE SO DEPENDENT ON OUR
AGRICULTURE YOU CAN IMAGINE THE
IMPORTANT ROLES BEES HAVE HERE
IN FLORIDA.
>>> TO GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON
BENEFITS OF BEES AND HONEY AND,
OF COURSE, BEE SAFETY, WE’D LIKE
TO WELCOME JAMES CUTAWAY, OWNER
AND HEAD BEEKEEPER OF GOLD
APEIARY, WELCOME, WE’RE SO HAPPY
TO HAVE YOU HERE.
>>> WONDERFUL TO BE HERE.
>>> AND BIG FANS OF THE HONEY
HERE AROUND NEWS 6, YOUR
DROUGHTER IS ONE OF OUR DIGITAL
JOURNALISTS, WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR
HONEY ON HAND.
TELL US HOW YOU GOT STARTED AS A
HEAD BEEKEEPER.
>> WELL TO HAVE GOOD HONEY AND
HAVE A HONEY THAT YOU CAN ENJOY,
YOU’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE
THE HONEY, SO TO PRODUCE HONEY
YOU’VE GOT HAVE BEES BEES AND ON
THING LED TO ANOTHER AND WE KEPT
GETTING A LITTLE BIGGER, A
LITTLE BEINGER AND OUTGREW
FAMILY AND FRIENDS CONSUMING OUR
HONEY SO WE STARTED PUTTING IT
OUT THERE TO EVERYBODY.
AND TELL US OBTAIN THE APEIARY
IN MANATEE COUNTY, MR AND TELL
US ABOUT ALL THE VARIETIES OF
HONEY YOU HAVE COMING OUT OF
THERE?
>> WE PRIMARILY DO FOUR
VARIETIES, WHICH IS ORANGE
BLOSSOM WHICH IS THE ONE THAT
NERVE THE STATE OF FLORIDA
KNOWS, SAW PALMETTO, WHICH IS
THE LONGEST LIVING PLANT IN
FLORIDA.
WE DO HAVE A WILD FLOWER CROP
OVER THE SUMMER WHICH IS A LOT
OF OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT WILDFIRE
DELETE S FLOWERS FLOWERS AND SEG
WHICH IS THE STATE PLANT AND
THEN THAT WONDERFUL TREE THAT
EVERYBODY LOVES, OH, SO MUCH IN
FLORIDA THE BRAZILIAN PEPPER,
THAT MAKES A WONDERFUL HONEY
CROP FOR OUR FALL.
>>> WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING
TO PUT HONEY ON OR IN?
>> OH.
>> PERSONALLY.
>> PEANUT BUTTER AND HONEY
SANDWICH.
>> THAT IS A VERY ELVIS.
RIGHT?
DIDN’T HE DO THAT?
>> I THINK SO.
>> HE USED BANANAS, THOUGH,
ALSO.
>> LOOK AT YOU.
& AN ELVIS EXPERT.
HONEY IS NOT JUST DELICIOUS, IT
HAS A LOT OF HEALTH BENEFITS AND
YOU HEAR A LOT OF HONEY
ESPECIALLY LOCAL HONEY HELPING
WITH ALLERGIES, CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THE?
>> TO REALLY REAP THE BENEFITS
FOR ALLERGIES, ONE, YOU WANT AN
UNPROCESSED HONEY, NOT HEATED,
NOT FILTERED.
SECONDLY, YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET
A HONEY FROM THE SEASON THAT YOU
HAVE THE WORST ALLERGIES IN.
OUR NECTAR FLOWS IN FLORIDA ARE
ABOUT 6 WEEKS LONG AND THOSE
USUALLY CORRESPOND WITH OUR
ALLERGY SCIENCE SO IF YOU HAVE
AN ALLERGY YOUR WORST ALLERGIES
ARE SAY MARCH, THAT TYPICALLY
CORRESPONDS WITH OUR ORANGE
BLOSSOM.
THE SAW PALMETTO IS A LATE
SPRING, WILD FLOWER SUMMERTIME,
THE BRAZILIAN PEPPER IS FALL.
AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER
VARIETIES YOU CAN MIX IN
DEPENDING ON YOUR SPECIFIC
REGION, TOO.
>> AND TO TO GET THE HEALTH
BENEFITS DO YOU NEED TO TAKE A
BIG SPOONFUL OF IT?
WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE DOING?
I WOULD LOVE ANY EXCUSE TO HAVE
A SPOONFUL.
>> TYPICALLY IT IS TWO TEASPOONS
A DAY IS WHAT THE RECOMMENDED
DOSAGE, PER SAY OR ALLOWANCE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO TELL FOLKS,
IF YOU ARE USING IT FOR YOUR
ALLERGIES, START WITH THAT HONEY
A MONTH OR SO BEFORE YOU HAVE
YOUR WORST SEASON TO HELP BUILD
IT UP INTO YOUR SYSTEM.
>> AND IT HAS SO MANY USES EVEN
WITH -- I’VE TRIED WITH IT THE
AL I HAVES AND SOMETIMES WITH
SINUS PROBLEMS AND SORT OF
SOOTHING.
WHAT ABOUT AS AN ANT SEPTIC, IT
HAS PROPS THAT HELPS OUT WITH
DIFFERENT PROBLEMS YOU HAVE WITH
SCRAPES, CUTS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I’VE HEARD IT COMPARED TO A
NATURAL PEROXIDE.
HONEY NATURALLY ABSORBS
MOISTURE.
SO IF YOU PUT IT ON A WOUND AS A
DRESSING, IT HELPS PULL THE
MOISTURE OUT AND THAT HELPS KILL
BACTERIAS.
THAT TYPE OF THING.
IT ALSO DRAMATICALLY WILL
IMPROVE HEALING PROPERTIES.
IT HELPS HEAL BURNS, CUTS,
WOUNDS, I’VE HEARD PEOPLE
PUTTING IT ON TOPICALLY FOR
STINGS.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
MOTHER NATURE HAS PROVIDED FOR
US THAT IF WE UTILIZE IT, WE CAN
USE IT.
>> SO NATURAL.
LET’S TALK BEE STINGS, HOW MANY
TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN STUNG BY A
BEE.
>> BY A BEE, ONCE, THEY ONLY GET
TO DO IT ONCE.
TOTAL QUANTITY, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF TIMES.
>> DO YOU STILL FEEL IT?
OR ARE YOU JUST IMMUNE TO IT
NOW.
>> NO, YOU STILL FEEL IT.
AND IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHERE.
THE WORST ONES ARE TYPICALLY
WHEN I’M DOING RELOCATIONS, AND
THE FACE.
AND YES, YOUR FACE IS SENSITIVE
AND BEE STINGS THERE, DEFINITELY
HURT.
>> LET’S TACK ABOUT THAT BEE
REMOVAL, WE TALK OBTAIN GETTING
STUNG BY BEES AND YOU JUST WANT
THEM OUT OF HERE.
SAY YOU COME ACROSS A BIG HIVE
ON YOUR PROPERTIES YOU DON’T
WANT TO KILL THE BEES WE NEED
OUR BEES WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?
HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT?
>> DEPENDING ON THE REGION THAT
YOU’RE IN, TYPICALLY THERE IS A
LOCAL BEE CLUB.
IF YOU REACH OUT, CONTACT THEM,
MOST OF THEM HAVE SOMEONE THAT
DOES RELOCATIONS THERE IS ARRAY
OF DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT DO
RELOCATIONS, ONE OF THE BIG
THINGS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE
ACTUALLY DOING A RELOCATION, NOT
JUST A REMOVAL.
>> OKAY.
>> RELOCATION MEANS THAT YOU’RE
TAKING THE LIVE BEES AND MOVING
THEM TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION
VERSUS JUST REMOVING THE BEES.
BUT THAT IN ITSELF A JOB, IS
ALMOST A FULL-TIME JOB.
>> WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO
KNOW OBTAIN BEES THAT MAYBE THEY
DON’T KNOW?
>> OH, BOY.
WHERE CAN WE START?
>> ARE THESE YOUR PERSONAL BEE?
>> YES, THAT WAS A LITTLE
SNIPPET I PUT UP TRYING TO
EXPLAIN WHY YOU DON’T DO
RELOCATIONS DURING THE DAY, THAT
IS ACTUALLY BEES COMING IN AND
ROBBING A PIECE OF CONE THAT HAS
HONEY IN IT.
>> THEY’RE ROBBING IT SO THEY’RE
NOT THE ORIGINAL BEES TO THE
COMB.
>>> THAT IS NOT THE ORIGINAL
BEES THAT LONG TO THE COLONY,
THEY’RE BEES THAT COME FROM
SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA AND THEY
COME IN AND THEY LITERALLY THE
TERM IS CALLED ROBBING IS THEY
WILL GRAB ANY RESOURCES THAT
THEY CAN AND TAKE IT BACK INTO
THEIR COLONY AND UTILIZE IT.
>> THOSE ARE NAUGHTY BEES WE
JUST SAW.
>>> NO, THEY’RE OPPORTUNISTIC.
>> LIKE THAT, YEAH.
>>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING
AND, OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS LOVE
YOUR DELIVERY, EVERYONE I THINK
HAS IN THEIR CUBBIES.
>> SO FOR FOLKS WATCHING WHERE
CAN THEY GET THIS?
>> I BOUNCE AROUND BETWEEN
MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTY,
PALMETTO DON’T TO EVENINGALWOOD.
>>> AND YOU’RE ON FACEBOOK.
>> AND EVERY VARIETY IS NOT
AVAILABLE ALL YEAR AROUND.
>>> CORRECT CERTAIN VARIETIES
CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR BUT YOU
WANT TO COLLECT THEM ALL,