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July 1, 2016
People & Places
The challenges of beekeeping
Joy Pendell is the
second generation
of her family to join
the business
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By JULIA HOLLISTER
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STONYFORD,
Calif.
— Joy Pendell’s business
keeps her buzzing.
“I am a second-gener-
ation beekeeper and have
been keeping bees for as
long as I can remember,”
she said. “My grandparents
kept bees as a hobby and my
dad started our family bee
business (Pendell Apiaries)
in 1990, a year after I was
born. I learned everything I
know from my parents and
from experience.”
She is a member of the
California State Beekeep-
ing Association, which has
about 400 members, she
said.
Pendell, 26, said there is
no typical day. It depends
on which projects she has
on the calendar. These in-
clude extracting honey, di-
viding hives and re-queen-
ing hives.
Certain tasks for the
queen breeding part of the
operation have to be done
on a weekly schedule.
“Most beekeepers who
are starting out buy bees
in packages from other
beekeepers to start their
bee hives,” she said. “Our
business relies on dividing
hives (splitting the strong
ones into two hives) to
reach the number we want.
A hive of medium strength
would be around 50,000
bees.” There are occupa-
tional hazards of working
with bees. She said she has
been stung “thousands” of
times. But she adds, “It’s
no big deal. You get used to
it.”
Pendell sells honey from
the hives, but the primary
business is breeding and
selling Italian queen bees to
other beekeepers. Custom-
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Joy Pendell, a second-generation beekeeper in Colusa County, Calif., says Colony Collapse Disorder remains high on the list of challeng-
es facing the state’s beekeepers.
Western Innovator
Joy Pendell
Hometown: Stonyford, Calif.
Age: 26
Occupation: Beekeeper
Company: Pendell Apiaries
Education: Bachelor’s degree in
biochemistry, Whitworth University, Spokane.
Quote: “I’m here to grow and improve the family farm, ind solu-
tions to the problems facing honeybees and promote the CSBA
(California State Beekeeping Association), our state beekeeping
organization.”
ers use the queens to replace
those that are failing in their
hives.
They raise Italian queens
because of their gentleness,
their fast brood build-up
and their good honey pro-
duction, according to the
company’s website.
A long list of problems
and challenges face Califor-
nia beekeepers.
Colony Collapse Disor-
der remains high on the list,
Pendell said.
The problem has not
gone away and there is no
apparent end in sight.
She said most people
would argue between Var-
roa mites and pesticides
being the biggest problems,
but they both directly con-
tribute to CCD.
And there are conflicting
schools of thought regard-
ing the threats posed by Af-
ricanized bees.
“They are a problem in
warmer climates — South-
ern California, Arizona and
Texas — but they do not
survive in most parts of
the U.S.,” she said. “There
are methods to manage the
problem — recognizing it
right away and either re-
placing the queen quickly
or killing the hive if it has
gotten too out of hand.”
Other challenges include
viruses, the lack of forage
and the drought, which is
now in its fifth year.
Pendell said she would
like to see more women tak-
ing up beekeeping.
“There are women bee-
keepers and there could be
more,” she said.
She also sees beekeeping
as a family-friendly busi-
ness.
“I am in the process of
taking over my parents’ op-
eration and run all the day-
to-day stuff. In most cases
beekeeping is a family en-
deavor and kids tend to be
involved, too.”
Dion Ashurst, president
of the CSBA, had praise for
Pendell’s work.
“She has contributed
so much to our associa-
tion since she began a year
ago,” he said. “Joy creat-
ed the website and main-
tains the technical side
in addition to beekeep-
ing. She is a great young
lady.”
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