Wednesday, January 11, 2012

honey bee informationHow do i start a new honey bee hive?

I'm considering starting a Honey bee hive however i don't know a whole lot about it. What equipment does it take to start one? What type of honey bee is the best? How to make honey? Can a single hive produce enough honey to make any money? What are different ways to make money with honey bees? Are the woods around Pittsburgh PA a good environment for honey bees? Any other information about this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for any answers!
Find a beekeeper in your area who is already established. They might be the best resource of specific information to your area. Otherwise an AG extension aagent, or the AG department at Pitt, or Penn State. There is likely to be permitting involved, especially if you plan on selling any honey. It is not exactly a lucrative endeavor if your hives fail, but it can at worst break even for you costwise. Getting to know your USDA SCS people can give you leads on who might be looking for hives to be set. You might be able to charge a little for "renting the services of your bees. Yes, you will be a bee pimp. ;-) Orchards, tomato growers, other fruit operations, even seed operahoney bee informationtions like Burpee seeds.

As for best bees, your only 2 options are the European Honeybee, or the africanized hybrid honeybee. The latter is more aggressive, but controllable. and they are more resistant to many of the parasites and diseases that befall European honeybee populations. Both are susceptable to BT pollen though.

Some of the equipment, if you know how to work with wood, you can build your hives leaving your other major expenses to be extraction equipment, the bees themselves, and the bee resistant garments the smoker, deep cycle batteries and electric fencers that run on batteries. There are a number of books with plans for hives on the web, searching through will save you some searching time on three major databases, Archive.org's, Gutenberg project and Google books.
The Art and Craft of Beekeeping is an online workshop will be hosted by June Stoyer, of TheOrganicView.com and conducted by Philip Chandler, bee expert and host of The Barefoot Beekeeper.It is a rare opportunity to learn about ‘natural beekeeping’ in top bar hives.


Here is the direct link for honey bee informationthe online workshop http://www.theorganicview.com/trends/the-art-and-craft-of-beekeeping-online-workshop/


First, you’ll want to learn a LOT about the honey bee society and behavior.

Then you’ll want to get a good beekeeping guide.

Also, check with your local authorities to make sure that hive keeping is legal in your area.

After that, the other materials you’ll need to get started:

? A Langstroth Hive
? A Smoker
? A Feeder
? Some (Package) Bees
I read a book called 'the art and adventure of beekeeping'. It was really interesting and had a lot of good tips. The first thing to do though is find a beekeeper nearby who is willing to sell some bees. With the recent mass death bees in the US, bees have become rarer so finding someone willing to set you up may be problematic.
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