His wife, Jan, calls the honeybees some “pretty amazing creatures.” Jack simply says they are fun and a way he connects with farming. Jack grew up on the family’s farm west of Fergus Falls with his eight siblings. Jack, as one of six boys, said there was plenty of help at home as he decided on a career off the farm following his West Central School of Agriculture graduation. It was a few years before he discovered beekeeping, he said. Jack married Jan, a fellow ag school grad

TCBA members swarm to meetings each month through November The 12 bee hives in Conrad Legatt’s bee yard or apiary are located in a grove of walnut trees in a staggered arrangement. Conrad stands near one of the hives, watching them and talking about bees and beekeeping.  The bees fly back and forth from their hives to their destinations – flowers in fields, gardens, and pastures in the surrounding area –paying no attention to us.  Bees often travel two to three miles and can

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