Honeycombs and hives: Why this beekeeper says his job is the bee’s knees By Hannah Cooper October 12, 2016
![Author and beekeeper Michael Bush, of Nehawka, Neb., inspects one of the frames from inside a beehive Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, during the Southern Illinois Treatment-Free Beekeeping Seminar Series at Touch of Nature Environmental Center in Makanda. Bush has been keeping bees since the mid-1970s and today owns about 40 hives. "I just think [bees are] fascinating," Bush said. "There's always more to learn, always more to figure out. And there's plenty of other people fascinated with bees too, so there's all their research to read, books to read and books to write." Bush is one of the leading advocates for treatment-free beekeeping. (Morgan Timms | @Morgan_Timms)](https://dailyegyptian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/100916_Bees_01_WEB_MT-900x635.jpg)