You don't need to have fear of honey bees!
Why not?
Within the last several decades the bees have been more and more domesticated by us. Sometimes there are a hive which is very aggressive then they will let you not come in the near of the hive and attack you. Walk away they will not follow you after a short distance. So no problem.
About 98 % of the hives ar very friendly. You can put the hives in the garden at your house no problem they are not interested in you. At a lot of hives you can even work without smoke. Depends on what you do and how their day was :)
At those few aggressive hives the beekeepers will change the queen. After about 4 weeks this hive will also be friendly and new hives will only be cultured from friendly queens.
This is the way how to ensure to get friendly bees.
Did you know that?
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