There is a growing interest in beekeeping and I am often asked how to get started. Here are my top ten tips.
1. Join your local beekeeping association. You are a treasure trove of information and if you really interested in beekeeping is only too happy to talk to you. (If your interest is only general, I recommend the Internet or Alan Campion book "The bees at the end of the garden") Beekeeping is not easy and may take a long time at certain times ofYear. Therefore, talking with beekeepers and hear what they say, to determine whether the bees can be placed in your lifestyle.
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2. Rush did not make the decision. Take time to learn what is involved, the time commitment and the necessary equipment. I was contacted earlier this year the question: "I'm just at a hive, what I do now" is not the way to the bee! Jump in the deep end is not recommended because I doubt you can learn enoughto follow the bees. They are probably all make mistakes in the books, and maybe even invent some of your own. Beekeepers are the people and so if there are three beekeepers the same question you ask and get answers to at least four maybe more. Take time to familiarize yourself with the language.
3. Continue its course. Many beekeepers' associations courses for beginners and are now an excellent introduction to beekeeping. You will learn the basics and provide sufficient information tobeyond the first year.
4. Get a mentor to help you through the first year. Get to know a local beekeeper and ask if you could see how he handled his bees. The local chapter could be of great help. Beekeeping seems simple on the surface, but soon becomes more complicated. A local source of advice in times of panic can be invaluable, and can help avoid panic in the first place.
5. Preferably with new devices the first time. It is a nuisance, but avoids a lot ofpotential problems. If you buy second hand make sure you know the source of the material that comes from a good hand. Never buy used frames or foundation.
6. with a core of four small frame or a crowd of boot. In this way, your knowledge will grow with the bees. Again, make sure you know the origin of the bees. The bees are scarce, and some people very difficult to sell settlements which are not free from the disease.
7. Buy a minimum of equipmentfirst. Get advice, use what the locals. at least initially - the catalogs with the latest gadgets and tag "essential", an amount that does not need wrapped. Go to a major conference on bees, such as the Spring Convention of British Beekeepers Association at Stoneleigh. Hear presentations and look around the equipment suppliers. Take your mentor and he can explain everything.
8. Try to see how many beekeepers manipulate their bees as possible.Beekeeping is still essentially a hobby practice and experience you learn more from bees as quickly as you can. (You never stop learning in beekeeping)
9. Keep your beekeeping as simple as possible in the first year. I always recommend that new beekeepers the goals in the first year to keep the bees in a colony and the year with a healthy ready to survive the winter are late. All that plus it's a bonus.
10. Enjoy your beekeeping!
Beekeeping - Top 10 tips for starters
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