How to beekeep
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Tags: Starting out with bees., How to beekeep, Honey Bees, Honey, Heamsteading, DIY, bees, BeekeepingPosted: February 04, 2016
This is one of the closest "full-service," starting bees resources you are going to find this year. From the best "bee" areas and brood boxes and supers to suits and smokers- this is it. Well- first you need a clean, well-lighted place to put your bees. Well-lighted is usually an indication of flowering plants necessary for bees who survive on pollen from those flowers. I guess well lighted is not a necessity- many plants and flowers grow in the shade. Your bees just need to have access to flowering plants the TYPES of flowering plants will effect your honey taste/color/bouquet, and that is awesome: fireweed honey, wheat honey, pine honey- if you are a veteran beekeeper, what are your favorite honey types? We've come across people who use GPS coordinates on their honey jars so they and their honey buyers will know EXACTLY...
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