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    Bee Keeping: Learn How to Keep Bees Successfully
    Bee Keeping: Learn How to Keep Bees Successfully
    Bee Keeping: Learn How to Keep Bees Successfully
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    Bee Keeping: Learn How to Keep Bees Successfully

    By John Gahan, LCGI

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    If you are considering bees as a hobby or as a sideline business, there are things you will want to keep in mind before making that decision.  Since there are many factors involved with making money with the honeybees produce, you might want to start doing it as a hobby.  There is a significant amount of money in the start-up of beekeeping.  Before investing any amount of money in your beekeeping project, you might want contact beekeepers in your area.  As a rule, they will more than happy to share their experience with you.  Most beekeepers love keeping bees and to them it is just a "hobby", but they can give you some insight into beekeeping.  Take plenty of notes.  More likely than not you will need them.

    In making the decision of becoming a beekeeper, you will want to consider the safety of family, friends, and neighbors.  You wouldn't want someone to get stung that is allergic to bee stings.  The best course of action on that account is to ask your neighbors and friends, if any of them are allergic to bees.  You will also be able to find out if there might be someone who would not like beehives so close to their proximity.  You will also want to check with the county you live in.  You will want to know about any ordinances or laws prohibiting beekeeping.

    You will also want to consider whether or not you have a location that would be conducive to maintaining bees.  You will also want to consider where the bees will have to fly to retrieve nectar and pollen.  Keeping plants they like close by is not a bad idea either.  Since bees need water every day, you might want to have water for them close at hand.  You don't want them visiting the neighbor's swimming pool. Here is a list of spots unacceptable to the health of the bees.

    How many months of the year will pollen and nectar will be readily available to the bees?

    Will you have to feed them in order for them to survive and how much of the year?

    Is there a water supply available year round for the bees?  They need water every day.

    If you want to keep bees this guide will show you the way.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSepharial
    Release dateJul 2, 2017
    ISBN9781386926870
    Bee Keeping: Learn How to Keep Bees Successfully

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      Bee Keeping - John Gahan, LCGI

      Contents:

      Getting Started. 3.

      Clothing and Equipment Needed. 6.

      How to Handle Bees. 8.

      Aquiring Bees. 9.

      Queen Management Techniques. 12.

      Raising Queen Bees. 14.

      Using Nectar Substitutes. 19.

      Using Pollen Substitutes. 21.

      Keeping Bees in a Suburban Area. 22.

      About Bacterial Diseases. 25.

      About Viruses and Fungal Diseases. 29.

      About Varroa Mites. 31.

      About Tracheal Mites. 33.

      The Small Hive Beetle. 35.

      About Nosema. 36.

      About the Disappearing Bees. 38.

      Bee Stings. 40.

      The Processing of Honey. 42.

      Equipment used for Honey Processing. 48.

      Getting Started in Beekeeping

      If you are considering bees as a hobby or as a sideline business, there are things you will want to keep in mind before making that decision.  Since there are many factors involved with making money with the honeybees produce, you might want to start doing it as a hobby.  There is a significant amount of money in the start-up of beekeeping.  Before investing any amount of money in your beekeeping project, you might want contact beekeepers in your area.  As a rule, they will more than happy to share their experience with you.  Most beekeepers love keeping bees and to them it is just a hobby, but they can give you some insight into beekeeping.  Take plenty of notes.  More likely than not you will need them.

      In making the decision of becoming a beekeeper, you will want to consider the safety of family, friends, and neighbors.  You wouldn't want someone to get stung that is allergic to bee stings.  The best course of action on that account is to ask your neighbors and friends, if any of them are allergic to bees.  You will also be able to find out if there might be someone who would not like beehives so close to their proximity.  You will also want to check with the county you live in.  You will want to know about any ordinances or laws prohibiting beekeeping.

      You will also want to consider whether or not you have a location that would be conducive to maintaining bees.  You will also want to consider where the bees will have to fly to retrieve nectar and pollen.  Keeping plants they like close by is not a bad idea either.  Since bees need water every day, you might want to have water for them close at hand.  You don't want them visiting the neighbor's swimming pool. Here is a list of spots unacceptable to the health of the bees.

      How many months of the year will pollen and nectar will be readily available to the bees?

      Will you have to feed them in order for them to survive and how much of the year?

      Is there a water supply available year round for the bees?  They need water every day.

      You will need to consider what will be underneath the bees as they fly to get the nectar and pollen they require.  The bees will defecate as they are flying and their feces will leave spots on everything below them.  The feces can even ruin the surface of a vehicle. There are methods to use to force the bees to fly at a higher altitude, such as.a tall fence or thick tall plants near the hive.

      You want the hives accessible year round.

      You will want to avoid low spots for your hives because they hold the cold, damp air too long.

      You will also want to avoid high spots for your hives because that would be too windy.

      These are just some of the things you will want to consider before taking on this hobby.

      During a nectar flow, many of the older workers will be in the field hunting for food.  This is the best time to examine the colony.  During the summer more bees will be in the hive and the situation can change, especially between the nectar flows.  There can be some robbing going on at this time, which will make the bees even more defensive at any intrusion to their hive.  Leaving the colony open for more than a few minutes can accelerate a robbing as can leaving cappings or honey exposed.  It will become a necessity to reduce the entrance of a weak colony to prevent stronger hives attempt to rob from it.  A honey flow will reduce the likelihood of robbing.

      The mood of the bees can have a lot to do with the weather or the time of day.  On the days of rainy weather,

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