How to Manage Your Honey Bees in the winter?

Honey bees work hard all over the year through different climates in different seasons, so raising honey bees requires proper management all year round.  Even though beekeeping is commonly regarded in the warm months, you should give attention to some information’s about what you should do to manage your bees during the winter months: ...If the bees have not stored up enough honey to survive the winter months, then they will suffer from difficult situations during these cold months and will start to exhibit signs of starvation. Some bees may die out during this cold time and will need to be disposed of. You should watch your bees carefully during the winter season to avoid this condition of starvation, and if you find out the food...

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Critical Beekeeping Supplies

If you love beekeeping ,you need to keep some important beekeeping supplies .  Self-safety is critical for beekeepers , Using protective clothing can be a good idea.  The essential supplies like hats, mask, gloves and beekeeping suits can be handy. Focus especially on the safety of your face. Skilled and learner beekeepers should remember this. You can use a hat and a mask for protecting your face.  Using gloves during beekeeping tasks is a must for protecting your hands - especially in the instances when you extract honey and handle a honeybee colony.  You should also use the beekeepers' kits to stay safe from bee venom.  Using a "smoker" will help you in working with the comb or the...

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Beekeeping Hives

Do you know beekeeping ?  Do you want to be a successful beekeeper ? Beekeeping is not only about collecting honey and profiting from it, there are many other aspects such as understanding the species of bees you want to breed and the beekeeping station. As a beekeeper, you need to be very familiar with the types of hives required, which hive goes well with which bees, the lifespan of the hives, and so on. When you purchase a beekeeping hive to house your bees you have to keep in mind that the beekeeping hive you will go for should be able to bear the weather conditions of the place you live in.. There are three old types of beekeeping hives : 1- Mud and clay hive - this type beekeeping hive is made of clay and its...

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Bee Keeping History from Egyptians to Americans

There are many evidences from rock paintings and very old drawings of bee-keepers in the Niuserre's sun temple from the 5th Dynasty (before 2422 BC) that The Egyptians kept bees at the earliest centuries .  These drawings show bee-keepers blowing smoke into the bee hives as they remove honey-comb .   Pots of honey were found in the grave of some of the Pharaohs, including King Tut. Beekeeping goes back thousands of years to the stone age, cave drawings of bee keeping dating back to 6000 B.C. -showing people collecting honey from bee hives- have been found in Spain. Bee keeping has been practiced in all societies and in all continents (except Antarctica) throughout the world.  At first, humans just raided the beehives...

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