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Laurence Edwards, a beekeeper, prioritizes calm bees over honey production. He wants gentle hives he can open and talk to, treating beekeeping as fun rather than chasing yield.

Laurence Edwards, a beekeeper, prioritizes calm bees over honey production. He wants gentle hives he can open and talk to, treating beekeeping as fun rather than chasing yield.
When people say to me, what's the number one thing that you look for in a bee, I think they're always surprised that I say calmness over everything. I don't want to eke as much honey as possible. I want my bees to be a pleasure, and I want to be able to open them up, talk to them a little bit like this, and just have fun with my beekeeping.