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Jefferson kept bees at Monticello (near the dwelling of overseer Edmund Bacon) and once owned a copy of Stephen White's charmingly titled "Collateral bee-boxes. Or, a new, easy, and advantageous method of managing bees. In which part of the honey is taken away, in an easy and pleasant manner..." Today, we're not only keeping bees, we're producing honey that's being used in locally made, fine chocolates and other products. Beekeeper Paul Legrand and chocolatier Tim Gearhart of Gearhart's Fine Chocolates in Charlottesville explain.