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Byline: Jeffrey Sparshott, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Larry Kelley is in a sweet line of work. Mr. Kelley, 65, is a beekeeper. His bees pollinate crops, a crucial service for Virginia farmers, and produce honey that Mr. Kelley markets in North Carolina and Virginia.
"I love to sell honey because it is so pure and natural and wholesome," says Mr. Kelley, owner of Kelley's Apiaries based in Reston.
Mr. Kelley specializes in varietal honeys that get their singular taste and bouquet from specific types of flora, such as the Sourwood tree or wildflowers.
"Each plant has a unique nectar with a chemical composition that causes [the honey] to have a notable taste and color," Mr. Kelley says, indicating the dark, rich hues of Sourwood or the lighter gold from clover.
Mr. Kelley has been a commercial beekeeper since the mid-1990s, when he retired from the Army Corps of Engineers. His knowledge of beekeeping extends from his childhood. He grew up on a farm in Pickens,...
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