Beekeeping Basics

Beekeeping Basics

Beekeeping: The Beginning Beekeepers Guide to Their First Hive (Comprehensive Guide for Indoor and Outdoor Organic Gardening and Beekeeping)

The book has got all the basic information you need to prepare for beekeeping, and also to help you in actual bee rearing. It also has valuable information on how best to market your bee products. In this book, you will learn that bees are not the dreaded insects that ordinary folk fear, but valuable insects that can be handled safely. A Preview of What You Will Discover About the Fascinating Hobby of Bee Keeping Today: Quickly get started beekeeping. Get the right Beekeeping equipment and supplies. Learn about keeping bees in an urban environment. The power of the queen bee. Discover how to harvest your honey when you become the beekeeper. And much more! Beekeeping is a hobby that can be easily turned into a pleasant profit-making venture. Getting started doesn’t cost all that much in comparison with other hobbies out there. Most hobbies require thousands of dollars’ worth of investments to get serious about them. On the other hand, it can cost virtually nothing to provide a rich habitat for a colony of bees to get you started. With a small amount of money you can get all that you need including bee boxes, bees, all of the clothing and other equipment.

The Complete Guide to Beekeeping for Fun & Profit

Beekeeping is both a hobby and a practical business plan that many individuals have taken up in recent years as a viable way to culture a valuable natural resource and have fun in the process. In any given year, an effectively built beekeeping business can bring profits up to 500 percent of your investment according to numerous private beekeepers. The benefit of growing your own honey and selling it to local customers for between $3 and $6 a pound depending on how you cultivate and whether your honey is completely organic can be a huge boon for anyone with the money and time to invest. This book walks all motivated potential beekeepers through the process of building and operating their beekeeping business from the ground up, ensuring it is both a fun hobby and a great way to make a little extra money on the side. You will learn everything you need to effectively start beekeeping for profit and fun, including what materials you need, what kinds of bees are best for honey or wax production. You will learn all of the fundamental safety equipment you need to effectively handle the bees and where to place your hives on your property to take advantage of natural circumstances. You will learn the basics you need to understand what bees do and how they interact, including details about the queen bee, the worker bees, drones, and foragers. You will learn how seasonal changes affect your colonies, and how to use your smoke to access and gather honey from your bees. The best in home beekeeping professionals have been interviewed and their expertise and insights have been gathered here for you to review, providing additional details about the kinds and methods of honey gathering that you can profit from you. You will learn how to install everything and keep your colonies updated. You will learn how to keep the necessary records and how to sell your honey and what the best prices for that honey is. You will learn what is involved in opening a colony and how to manage pests effectively without endangering the bees or the honey. You will learn how to manage your hives in the winter and fall and what you can do with everything your bees produce. For anyone who has ever considered beekeeping as a hobby or source of side income, this is the book for you. Atlantic Publishing is a small, independent publishing company based in Ocala, Florida. Founded over twenty years ago in the company president s garage, Atlantic Publishing has grown to become a renowned resource for non-fiction books. Today, over 450 titles are in print covering subjects such as small business, healthy living, management, finance, careers, and real estate. Atlantic Publishing prides itself on producing award winning, high-quality manuals that give readers up-to-date, pertinent information, real-world examples, and case studies with expert advice. Every book has resources, contact information, and web sites of the products or companies discussed.