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Prepare Your Area: As we all know, honey is extremely sticky. Every item you handle will become sticky (counter tops, tools, doorknobs, etc.) so you should contain the stickiness by working in a clean barn, on the porch, or in the garage rather than working in your kitchen.

Keep a bucket of water handy to rinse your hands and a clean towel to dry off with.

Set up all pieces of equipment and tools before handling the comb, and lay down a few drop cloths or newspapers on the floor.

Harvest In A Confined Area: Harvesting honey should be done in a closed room.  This keeps the honey clean, and it helps to keep the bees from stealing it, and bringing it back to the hive.

Warm The Honey: Warm honey flows much easier than cold honey. This will allow you to spin the honey out of the comb faster, which results in more honey being extracted from the comb.

Warm honey also flows through strainers and filters much faster, without clumping up. Honey should be heated to about eighty degrees Fahrenheit (twenty-seven degrees Celsius) for optimal flow. Use caution to ensure you do not heat the honey too much or else you may melt the wax comb.

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1. Feed Your Bees: While the bees are getting used to their new hive, or during cold weather months, you will need to provide food.

You will need to mix sugar syrup and administer it to the bees through use of a Boardman feeder, or by placing the syrup inside the top cover near the opening in the inner cover.

This type of feeding allows your bees to have access to the syrup, without attracting pests or intruders. It is important to note that bees consume a great deal when they are first establishing a hive, so make sure to check the syrup level often.

Once the bees begin to produce honey, you will no longer need to supply syrup, however you should leave some honey in the hive as a food source during the winter and early spring months.

2. Make Sure Water Is Handy: Bees need to have a proper water source, especially during warm weather months. Bees use water to cool down their hive during periods of hot and humid weather, and also use it as a dilution material during honey production.

That being said, you should never place a container of water too close to the hive because bees can drown quite easily.

3. Be Considerate: When keeping honey bees, you should always be considerate of others. Remember, you want the bees, your neighbors do not necessarily feel the same way.

A wooden fence around your hive can prove quite beneficial. Make sure you set the fence up in the same direction as the hive opening so the bees can fly over the fence and above nearby homes.

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There are many more reasons of course, but I hope that these have given you some inspiration to think about learning how to keep bees.

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Hive Essentials: To ensure your bees are as productive as possible, you should make sure you have some basic pieces of equipment for the hive.

These items include: telescoping and inner covers for the outer roof and the ceiling of the hive; an entrance reducer to reduce the size of the entrance; a screened bottom board for the floor of the hive to keep pests out; medium supers for the hive walls; medium frames to serve as rooms in the hive to support the comb; small cell foundations; and some type of feeder for the sugar syrup. These items are readily available at just about any beekeeping supply store.

Nucleus Hive: Sometimes called “nucs”, “a nuc”, or “a nuc box”, this hive is a smaller version, more manageable version of a traditional hive. Nucs are made to hold fewer frames and to house a smaller population of bees.

Many beginning beekeepers opt to start out with this type of hive, and bees often flourish in this setting due to the fact that the smaller space makes it easier to regulate the temperature and humidity of the colony.

Gloves: Gloves should be worn for most of the time when working with bees. Non-ventilated, thick gloves made out of pigskin or heavy rubber are the most popular choices. Ventilated gloves are not recommended since bees can easily sting through them.

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Here are three simple tips for honey beekeeping.

1. Make Sure You Have Plenty Of Space: The first and most important step to beekeeping is to make sure you have plenty of room to keep your bees. At the very least, you will need a fairly good-sized backyard to set up your hives.

Anything smaller than a large backyard is not typically recommended, and may hinder your yield.

2. Ensure You Have A Natural Food Source: You will need to make sure you have a viable food source that is close to where you will keep your hives. If the bees do not have an adequate food supply they will not be able to survive and they will not be able to produce a sufficient amount of honey.

Take a quick survey of your area to ensure there are plenty of trees and other flowering plants nearby.

While some types of bees may be willing to travel a short distance for food, most will need to have sources close to the hive.

3. Build Proper Hives: The number one reason most people fail at honey beekeeping is due to improper, or poorly built hives.

You will need to make sure you set up the frames and supers properly, and you will need to make sure the hives are constructed in a manner that you can easily access the combs, but not cause any harm to the bees. You want to keep bee comfort and space in mind at all times.

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Before you obtain your bees you will need to make some necessary preparations, so you will need to make sure that you have all the necessary equipment. Your most obvious piece of beekeeping equipment is the bee hive. There are many different types available, but whatever type you choose it is better to ensure that you choose one and keep with it. The reason for this is that at some stage it is likely you will want to extend your beekeeping to more than one hive you will need to be able to interchange the various parts.

The other main items of beekeeping equipment that you will require are the beekeeping suit, gloves and a smoker. If you are buying the suit second hand you should ensure that you check it thoroughly to ensure that there are no gaps for the bees to get into. There are a number of different smokers available with a range of prices. However, you will find that the cheaper ones dent and corrode easily so will probably only last you one season. If you pay more you will find that they will last you longer.

A frequent question amongst those looking to learn how to keep bees is where to obtain your honeybees from. Your main option for this is to obtain them from a specialist supplier who can send them by mail order in a small nucleus hive. Alternatively, you could see if there is a local beekeeping association in your area who may have a member who could supply you will a small starter colony.

Once you are set up it is case of regular maintenance. You should check your beehive regularly for signs of damage, particularly during the winter months. Any broken or rotten boards should be replaced if possible. If this is not feasible then you should fill gaps with a weatherproof filler.

You should check your bees regularly for signs of mites and treat them as soon as any signs are detected. You should also check for any signs of swarming and take steps to prevent this. The key issue for swarming is space; if your bee colony runs out of space then they will swarm in a bid to find a new home. One factor in ensuring that they have sufficient space is regular honey collection.

Although there is no real set time to start, the best time to begin your beekeeping project is the winter. This is really the planning and preparation period. So during this time you will need to purchase your equipment; principally the bee suit, hive and smoker. You should also think about where you are going to site your bee hive, ideally this should be in a relatively sheltered position facing away from the prevailing wind.

Although not essential, the best time to obtain your bees is early spring so as to make sure that your colony is well established by the time they are collecting nectar and producing honey. You can obtain a starter colony by mail order from specialist suppliers or contact your local beekeeping association who may have a member who has a queen and small colony to spare. It is possible to collect a passing swarm of honey bees, but this is really not recommended for beginners.

During the summer, your bees will be busy collecting nectar, producing honey and reproducing. Your main tasks are to check your bees to make sure that they are free of mites and to make sure that they have plenty of space. The issue of space is important as if they start to run out of room then this will trigger the queen to initiate swarming – essentially this is a case of the bee colony leaving their hive in a bid to find more roomy accommodation. You obviously want to avoid this as this will mean you no longer have any bees. Not only this, but your neighbors might find it a little disturbing to find a swarm of honey bees in the back yard!

Late summer is honey collecting time. This is a sticky and messy task, but highly rewarding. This is after all the reason why you learn how to keep bees. It is a matter of straining the honeycomb to produce clear honey. A honey extractor make the task considerably easier. Alternatively, you could simply cut the honeycomb into pieces and package it into jars as it is.

Over the winter, your colony will be less active and your main task is to check that your beehive remains weather proof, replacing any damaged boards or filling holes with weatherproof filler. You will need to replace the honey that you have taken with sugar water to provide your colony with food.

As you can see, the natural process of keeping bees and producing honey is tied to the rhythm of the seasons and you need to bear this in mind when planning for your beekeeping project.

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Many beginner beekeepers jump right into the hobby without doing any research or looking into proper methods. They believe that if they just purchase all of the best, and most expensive equipment available in the supply stores they will be all set, and their bees will flourish.

The end result is the hive failing, the bees dying, and the beekeeper giving up. After spending a good deal of money, this can be quite frustrating and disappointing. The beginner beekeeper often tries to do too much too soon, with little direction.

You should always take the time to educate yourself on proper bee care, and to seek adequate beekeeping training before you begin this hobby.

You should always make sure you start off correctly with proper techniques, as bad behavior can be difficult to change later on in the process. You should understand that by spending a bit of extra time now, you will be well rewarded in the long run.

Proper beekeeping training can also help you to prevent problems caused by inferior or improper equipment.

You will learn how to construct a functioning hive for optimal bee space, as well as what dimensions the hive should be built to. You will find that this form of training is quite beneficial to both you and your bees.  When you learn what to expect, what is normal, and what needs to be done at what time of year, you will be setting yourself up for a successful hobby that you can enjoy for years to come.

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