"It's hard to get young people to have a work ethic in July and August when it's 100 degrees and dressed in a bee suit."
If Bryan Hagle had his way, he'd set up a lawn chair in the backyard, sit with a tall glass of iced tea and watch his bees — all 10,000 of them — flying in and out of their two-box hive.
"I'd sit there for hours if I could," the 42-year-old aircraft engine mechanic said.
Flying as far as five miles from their hive in Hagle's home in northeast Ocala, the bees pollinate thousands of flowering plants, vegetable gardens and fruit trees in the residential area.
To most residents, bees are a nuisance with stingers. But Hagle laughs at the thought that hundreds of his neighbors enjoy their gardens, to a large extent, because of his bees — whose home base they know nothing about.
Read more at the Ocala Star-Banner.