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If you’re into the benefits of local honey, here’s what you need to know first

Shawn White points out that male honeybees lack stingers. Only females can sting.

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Santos Vasquez, left, and Shawn White opened Sun Tan Honey Farm in 2014.

(Sun Life Magazine/Steve Stockmar)

Santos Vasquez looks at a hive among their bees.

(Sun Life Magazine/Steve Stockmar)

Some 450 hives are home to almost 300,000 bees at Sun Tan Honey Farm in Buckeye.

(Sun Life Magazine/Steve Stockmar)

Raw honey literally drips out of a hive in Buckeye.

(Sun Life Magazine/Steve Stockmar)

Editor's note: This article first appeared in Sun Life Magazine, a Daily Independent publication.

There’s really only one rule when peeking inside some of the 450 hives at Sun Tan Honey Farm. And you’ll hear the rule when you do “it,” even as a reflex.

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