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As we re-imagine our relationships to what we eat, Local Food Report creator Elspeth Hay takes us to the heart of the local food movement to talk with growers, harvesters, processors, cooks, policy makers and visionaries

Drone Massacres, Mouse Invasions, and Healthy Queens: Beekeepers Are Preparing Hives for Winter

CAI | By Elspeth Hay
Published October 13, 2016 at 10:03 AM EDT
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Now that it's fall, local beekeepers need to prepare their hives for colder weather. This week on The Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay looks into a Wellfleet beehive and learns about the massacre of drones (a good thing), mouse incursions (bad thing), and how to tell if the queen is healthy. 

Here's a link to the recipe for a fall cocktail with hard cider, bourbon, and honey.

And here's a link to the Barnstable County Beekeepers Association, if you want to learn more about beekeeping in our area. 

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Elspeth Hay
Elspeth Hay is the creator and host of the Local Food Report, a weekly feature that has aired on CAI since 2008, and the author of the forthcoming book, Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food. Deeply immersed in her own local-food system, she writes and reports for print, radio, and online media with a focus on food, the environment, and the people, places, and ideas that feed us. You can learn more about her work at elspethhay.com.
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