AMSTERDAM (WRGB) — Indian Ladder Farms will welcome beekeeper Mark Rulison of Rulison Honey Farm based in Amsterdam and his honeybees to the farm Monday morning.
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Rulison will place hives at various locations in the orchard for the duration of the bloom period so the bees can pollinate a wide variety of apple trees.
The annual arrival of the honeybees each spring is the first step in the production of the farms’ sweet and hard cider.