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Think about bees the next time you eat an almond or bite into delicious Tehachapi fruit. These small hard working insects actually make it possible for many of your favorite foods to reach your table. Bees are pollinators and they transfer pollen and seeds from one flower to another fertilizing the plant so it can grow and produce food. Cross pollination helps at least 30% of the worlds food crops. Without bees to pollinate many plants would die off. If you are interested in attending a meeting with actual bee keepers find us on Facebook search for "Beekeeping Group of Tehachapi Mountain Homesteaders" or visit us at Tehachapi's Farmers Market on July 7, 14 and 21.

A Warre hive is a vertical top bar hive that uses bars instead of frames, usually with a wooden wedge or guide from which the bees build their own comb.