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A tad late for Grandparent’s Day, a man in Scotland recently found the hives tended by his grandfather that were presumed sold or lost for over 14 years.
Locating them in a quarry, he took up beekeeping in order to assume responsibility for his inheritance and his business now sells honey to farmers markets across Scotland.
Ross Main grew up with, and was very close to, his grandfather William, a beekeeper who regularly took him along to check on the bees.
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Beekeeper Finds Grandfather’s Long-Lost Hives Thriving in Quarry–and Turns Them into a Colony of Millions
Main then began to teach himself beekeeping using videos on YouTube and collecting the bees from his grandfather's original hive.
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