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PROTECT YOUR BEEKEEPING BUSINESS WITH APICULTURE CROP INSURANCE By Phillip Preston, Crop Insurance Specialist (and beekeeper) WHEN I WAS NINE YEARS OLD MY RETIRED NEIGHBOR GAVE ME A TOUR OF HIS HONEYBEE OPERATION. TUCKED AWAY IN THE CEDAR SWAMPS OF THE LES CHENEAUX ISLANDS WERE 45 HIVES. I’VE BEEN HOOKED ON BEEKEEPING SINCE THAT DAY, AND I DID EVERY ODD JOB I COULD FIND TO EARN ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY MY FIRST TWO HIVES.

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