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Discover tips for beekeeping and producing honey with bees and active hives. Learn about beekeeping and getting honey from beehives in this free apiary video.
There are 14 videos in this series:
Working with bees means protecting against bee sting. Learn about beekeeping and putting on a beekeeping suit in this free apiary video.
A beehive box is started with a wax foundation. Learn about beekeeping and the parts of a hive box in this free apiary video.
There is usually eight honeycombs in a hive box. Learn about beekeeping and getting honey from beehives in this free apiary video.
A smoker will keep a bee's mind off of the beekeeper. Learn about beekeeping and using smokers in this free apiary video.
Use the smoker as you approach the beehive and open the hive. Learn about beekeeping and tips for using a smoker in this free apiary video.
Walk through bushes or trees to get rid of bees that may be following. Learn about beekeeping and avoiding bee stings in this free apiary video.
Scratch bee stingers out of the arm, and try not to pinch them out. Learn about beekeeping and treating bee stings in this free apiary video.
Use a smoker to distract bees when inspecting a beehive. Learn about beekeeping and hive inspection in this free apiary video.
There are a number of different bees in a hive, including workers and drones. Learn about beekeeping and parts of an active beehive in this free apiary video.
Look for an area with eggs to find the queen bee. Learn about beekeeping and queen bees in this free apiary video.
Be cautious with bees and get them to act normally. Learn about beekeeping and building an active beehive in this free apiary video.
It takes a couple of months for a colony to be full of honey and nectar. Learn about beekeeping and starting a beehive in this free apiary video.
One beehive can make up to thirty pounds of honey in a day. Learn about beekeeping and making honey in this free apiary video.
Make sure beehives have a good queen and a good brood. Learn about beekeeping and making a healthy beehive in this free apiary video.
Beekeeping is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper, or apiarist, keeps bees in order to collect honey and beeswax, for the purpose of pollinating crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary. There are considerable regional variations in the type of hive in which bees are kept. A hive is a set of rectangular wooden boxes filled with movable wood or plastic frames, each of which holds a sheet of wax or plastic foundation. The bees build cells upon the sheets of foundation to create complete honeycombs.
Learning the basics of beekeeping starts with safety and knowing how to keep from disturbing the bees. In this free video series, a professional beekeeper will teach you about beekeeping, from putting on a beekeeper's suit to building a hive box, using a smoker, and building an active hive. You'll learn how to avoid bee stings and treat stings, how to inspect a hive, and how to identify different bees, such as queens, drones, and worker bees. With these tips and techniques, you could produce as much as thirty pounds of honey a day with one beehive!
Tom Emde Tom Emde has been raising bees his entire life and has over forty-two years of commercial beekeeping experience. Emde has been raising bees his entire life. His father, Earl Emde was a pioneer in the industry, being the first to begin the practice of maintaining hives on wooden palettes for easy transportation. Emde has been interviewed and referenced in many books and periodicals on beekeeping including "Following the Bloom: Across America with the Migratory Beekeepers" by Douglas Whynott. He is now the owner-operator of Sweet Briar Honey Farms located in Apopka, Florida where he cultivates locally-produced orange blossom honey.dkdk
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