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Old 11-13-2024, 07:07 PM
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Like others, I have no definitive answers, you really need to call deed restrictions. My "guess", answer is absolutely not. On a brighter note, Florida is truly the land of honey, not only orange blossom honey, but the incredible, rare, (often imported and then mixed with lesser quality honey) Tupelo honey, is harvested not far from the V's, in Wewahitchka, FL (that's where the award winning movie that combined the complex issues of human emotions with the detailed live of bees and honey production, Ulee's Gold, was made). You might enjoy the short trip "out of the bubble" as one of your first after getting settled in. You can even buy honey comb there. You might also just enjoy chatting with the local bee keepers at the weekly farmer's markets in the Villages. Many bring their raw, unfiltered, unprocessed, non commercial honey. Driving the along the river near Wewahitchka in the spring to see the rare Tupelo trees in full bloom (if you've seen the movie, then you've seen what it takes to move the hives to the river bank each spring, amazing !) is another nice drive. My father was a judge and an avid hobbyist bee keeper in south Fl, so the active honey production around the Villages was a priority for me when I moved "up north" here to central Fl...LOL !

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