Why 'The Bee Drover' is doubling down as other beekeepers quit

Sophia Croker—known as 'The Bee Drover'—is expanding her beekeeping operation as others in the industry step back, per ABC News Australia. She now manages nearly two thousand hives across regional Australia with her father, having begun with just one hundred twenty hives after taking a forty thousand dollar loan at eighteen years old. Her perseverance stands out against the sector's broader retreat.

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