Glenn advertised his stock in trade in the January 2001 edition of the San Diego County Farm Bureau News, a monthly agricultural journal. Organic growers only. De Luz area. He concedes that there is only so much that can be done for their safety. Bee season, Glenn said, is about to begin.
Some years are better than others.
Glenn is not one of the itinerant apiarists whose hives you may see in avocado groves in the Fallbrook area when there's bloom on the trees. Raising alfalfa seed in the Imperial and Central valleys also presents a big moneymaking opportunity for beekeepers, who lease out their hives. Different crops bring different prices per hive. Not a tyro in his field, Glenn has been in the bee business in North County for nearly a quarter of a century. Since that time, Tom and Suki Glenn have produced more than a quarter-million queen bees.