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    Stung by a passion for bees

    Nov 14, 2020 3 minutes
    keagan mitchell keagan.mitchell@inl.co.za
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    brendan magaar
    African News Agency (ANA)

    STUNG nearly 500 000 times in a space of 25 years, commercial bee farmer Brendan Ashley-Cooper keeps at it as he loves to see strong, healthy, colonies make honey.

    Ashley-Cooper is a third-generation beekeeper. He was fortunate enough to grow up on a large property where his grandparents kept beehives.

    While at school, he was always looking to do presentations on slightly different things compared with his classmates. In some presentations, he

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