Beekeeping - Top 10 tips for beginners
There is a growing interest in beekeeping and I am often asked how to get started. Here are my top ten tips.
Join your local beekeeping association 1. You are a treasure of information and if you really interested to see the bees, are only too happy to speak with you. (If your interest is only general, I recommend the internet or Alan Campion's book "The bees at the bottom of the 'garden) Beekeeping is not easy and can save a lot of time in certain periodsYear. To speak with beekeepers and hear what they say, to determine whether the bees can be placed in your lifestyle.
2 Do not take the decision to run. Take time to learn what it is, the time commitment and the necessary equipment. I was earlier this year with the question that has just been contacted by a swarm of bees, what should I do now? "Not to start learning how to beekeepers! Jump in the deep end is not recommended, as I doubt he knew enoughto keep up with the bees quickly. You risk making mistakes in the books, and maybe even invent some of your own. Beekeepers are the people and then if there are three beekeepers the same question is asked at least four answers and maybe get even more. Take time to familiarize yourself with the language.
3 Attending a course. Many beekeepers' associations are now courses for beginners and an excellent introduction to beekeeping. You will learn the basics and provide sufficient information toYou can get on the first year.
4 Get a mentor to help you through the first year. Come to know a local beekeeper and ask if you could see him manipulating his bees. The local club would be a great help. The bee seems simple on the surface, but quickly becomes complicated. A local source of advice in times of panic can be valuable, and allow you to avoid panic in the first place.
Preferably start with 5 new appliances first. It is a nuisance, but avoids a lot ofpotential problems. If you buy second hand make sure you know the origin of the material that comes from a good hand. Do not buy or use the Foundation frames.
6 Start with a small frame with four cores, or swarm. 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 very dodgy people selling colonies that are not free of disease.
7 Want to buy a minimum of equipmentfirst. Let us advise you to see what the locals use. At least at first - the catalogs with the latest gadgets and "essential", an amount that does not require the lot. Go to a major conference on bees as the Spring Convention of the British Beekeepers Association, Stoneleigh. Listen to presentations and look around equipment suppliers. Take your mentor and he can explain everything.
8 Try it and see how many beekeepers can manipulate their bees.Beekeeping is essentially a hobby more practice and experience you can get from bees, you will learn faster. (One never learns in beekeeping)
9 Keep your beekeeping as simple as possible in the first year. I always recommend that beekeepers new goals in the first year to keep the bees in the hive until the end of the year with a healthy colony ready to survive the winter. Nothing more is a bonus.
10 Enjoy your beekeeping!
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