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I keep 'em - in fact, I keep the same kind of stingless bees that the Incans used to; I'm part of an effort to keep the species from going extinct. I don't have hives per-se, instead I have a series of bored-out sectioned logs with slider-tray systems. Once a year, the bees abandon these to swarm up in the Acacia trees, and I take that opportunity to drain the logs of their honey.

This is ideal for me, actually, since I'm allergic to the larger, North American-style honeybee stings. The stingless Incan bees bite, but that's just a minor irritation, like being bitten by Army Ants.