A hobby that got him buzzing.At 13, Timothy Johnson Dr. G. Timothy Johnson, frequently called Tim Johnson, is the current main medical editor/contributor for ABC News. He provides on-air medical ABC's World News Tonight, Nightline and 20/20. He also appears on Good Morning America. of Littleton, Colo., bought his first beehive Beehive (star cluster): see Praesepe. beehive heraldic and verbal symbol. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 193] See : Industriousness and began beekeeping beekeeping or apiculture Care and manipulation of honeybees to enable them to produce and store more honey than they need so that the excess can be collected. Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of animal husbandry. as a hobby. One year later, he started Busy Bee Enterprises, a business that sells all-natural honey and beeswax beeswax: see wax. beeswax Commercially useful wax secreted by worker honeybees to make the cell walls of the honeycomb. A bee consumes an estimated 6–10 lbs (3–4. products. Upfront spoke to Johnson, 17, a home-schooled junior, about why he loves raising bees. What attracted you to beekeeping in the first place? I was actually reading a gardening magazine and saw a little advertisement for a beekeeping company. I ordered a catalogue and looked through it, and it looked like something fun to try. Why do you Like working with bees? I love being outdoors.... And just watching the bees is really amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. , seeing how they work. Every bee has its own function: Some guard the hive, some clean it. Some fan it and keep it cool. Isn't it scary? I'm a little more concerned [than others] because I actually have an allergy to bee stings.... But I've been getting immunotherapy bee-venom shots ... and now I actually am immune to it. Do you get stung all the time? No, I get stung very rarely. As long as I wear my full suit and make sure it's all zipped up, I'm pretty safe. It's possible to do [beekeeping] without getting stung if you're really careful. |
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