Tim Huffman has been buzzing about bees since he was a child.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Bees have been a lifelong passion for Tim Huffman, a hobbyist beekeeper in Anchorage.
In 2018, Huffman finally took the steps to start his first hive after decades of wanting to become a beekeeper. In 2020, he began harvesting bee colonies on the roof of Alaska Pacific Beverage Company. Raising colonies of bees in Alaska is busy work. This is especially true in the winter when Huffman makes his regular visits to the roof to take care of his bees, partly to keep a close eye on their temperature.
The bees, he said, tend to keep their colonies at 64 degrees. One of the ways he is ensuring that they stay warm is by storing emergency sugar using a polystyrene shim, instead of a wooden shim.“So, I just figured out you can put it inside a box and I made this little shim out of foam insulation,” Huffman said.
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