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Offline Slowmodem

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Beekeeping and Mount Everest
« on: June 26, 2014, 08:16:14 pm »
I just learned today that Sir Edmund Hillary was a beekeeper (besides being the first to climb Mount Everest).  This seasonal work allowed him to climb mountains and explore in the off season.

This may be a widely know fact, but I just learned it today (while watching Pawn Stars), so I thought I'd share.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Hillary
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Re: Beekeeping and Mount Everest
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2014, 09:21:29 pm »
I saw a cable show not too long ago about Hillary and learned that.  Pretty neat!
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Re: Beekeeping and Mount Everest
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2014, 09:31:32 pm »
I have heard that also going back to the 1980's had a guy join the bee club that was from New Zealand and kept or worked bees in Australia. I don't Remember if he kept bees in New Zealand but he gave a nice presentation on beekeeping in the 2 country's.
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