How to Become a Beekeeper
See if any local resources offer a beekeeping course., Read up on beekeeping., Purchase a "starter" kit., Get some bees., Very broad stroke here but basically you set up your hive in a place where there are nearby flowers., You will add another deep...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: See if any local resources offer a beekeeping course.
It may cost you a couple hundred dollars, but the experience will teach you the many things you'll need to know about bees and keeping them.
Check with your state's public college or university's cooperative extension.
States with schools that specialize in agriculture are most likely to host such a course. -
Step 2: Read up on beekeeping.
Numerous books and websites offer advice and instructions, but make sure the author is well-versed in the topic (reading their biography may help).
These books offer great help for the beginner: , This will include the necessary equipment you'll need to get going with bees.
It should include:
Hive Bodies Frames Bottom Board Entrance Reducer Hive Outer Cover Hive Inner Cover Feeder Varroa Screen/Monitoring Tray Hard Plastic Helmet Round Tie-down Veil Stainless Steel Smoker with Heat Shield Hive Tool Gloves , Contact a local beekeeping association for advice on where to get your bees. , The kind of flowers will affect the flavor of the honey.
Your hive will have a deep body with frames in it.
The bees will fill that frame with comb. , They will then fill that body.
You add it simply by stacking it atop the first.
The deep bodies have no top or bottom so they can be stacked. , Then add a shallow body on top of that.
This honey will be yours. , Then you can add a second.
Depending upon several factors you may get several shallow bodies stacked up in one hive. , You need to read about it. -
Step 3: Purchase a "starter" kit.
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Step 4: Get some bees.
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Step 5: Very broad stroke here but basically you set up your hive in a place where there are nearby flowers.
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Step 6: You will add another deep frame on top of that when they have the lower one full.
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Step 7: When they almost fill the second you add a screen on top of the two that has a grid large enough to let bees through but not the queen.
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Step 8: They may fill that shallow body.
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Step 9: This is only a basic idea of how it works.
Detailed Guide
It may cost you a couple hundred dollars, but the experience will teach you the many things you'll need to know about bees and keeping them.
Check with your state's public college or university's cooperative extension.
States with schools that specialize in agriculture are most likely to host such a course.
Numerous books and websites offer advice and instructions, but make sure the author is well-versed in the topic (reading their biography may help).
These books offer great help for the beginner: , This will include the necessary equipment you'll need to get going with bees.
It should include:
Hive Bodies Frames Bottom Board Entrance Reducer Hive Outer Cover Hive Inner Cover Feeder Varroa Screen/Monitoring Tray Hard Plastic Helmet Round Tie-down Veil Stainless Steel Smoker with Heat Shield Hive Tool Gloves , Contact a local beekeeping association for advice on where to get your bees. , The kind of flowers will affect the flavor of the honey.
Your hive will have a deep body with frames in it.
The bees will fill that frame with comb. , They will then fill that body.
You add it simply by stacking it atop the first.
The deep bodies have no top or bottom so they can be stacked. , Then add a shallow body on top of that.
This honey will be yours. , Then you can add a second.
Depending upon several factors you may get several shallow bodies stacked up in one hive. , You need to read about it.
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