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Contents
Please Read This First........................................................................................2
Terms of Use ...........................................................................................................................2
Disclaimer................................................................................................................................2
Contents ..............................................................................................................3
About the Author ................................................................................................7
Benefits of Beekeeping ......................................................................................8
Pollination ...............................................................................................................................8
Stress Reliever........................................................................................................................8
Educational .............................................................................................................................8
Gifts..........................................................................................................................................8
Healthy Products ....................................................................................................................8
First Steps .........................................................................................................10
Cost ........................................................................................................................................10
Space .....................................................................................................................................10
Food, Water etc.....................................................................................................................11
Pets and Other Domestic Creatures ...................................................................................11
Wild Animals .........................................................................................................................11
Climate ...................................................................................................................................11
Rules and Regulations .........................................................................................................12
Neighbors ..............................................................................................................................12
Watch and Learn from the Bees ......................................................................14
Join Your Local Beekeeping Group ................................................................15
Support the Group................................................................................................................16
Types of Bees....................................................................................................17
Queens, Workers and Drones. ................................................................................................17
Queen Bee .............................................................................................................................17
Introducing a New Queen Bee.............................................................................................18
Drones ...................................................................................................................................18
Worker Bees..........................................................................................................................19
Producing Queens, Drones and Workers ..............................................................................19
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Producing Queens................................................................................................................19
Producing Worker Bees .......................................................................................................20
Essential Equipment.........................................................................................21
Bee Hives...................................................................................................................................21
Modern Hives ........................................................................................................................21
Managing Hives ........................................................................................................................24
Parts of a Hive ...........................................................................................................................24
Clothing .............................................................................................................27
The Tools ...........................................................................................................28
Hive Tool....................................................................................................................................28
Bee Brush..................................................................................................................................28
The Smoker ...............................................................................................................................28
Getting Your Bees.............................................................................................30
Complete Hive ...........................................................................................................................30
Nucleus Hive .............................................................................................................................31
Setting up a Nucleus ............................................................................................................31
Package Bees............................................................................................................................32
Transferring the Bees to the Hive .......................................................................................32
Hiving a Swarm .........................................................................................................................33
Helpful Tips ...........................................................................................................................35
Prevention of Bee Swarming ...........................................................................36
Combining Weak Hives ....................................................................................37
Feeding Your Bees ...........................................................................................39
Bee Food ...................................................................................................................................39
Honey .....................................................................................................................................39
Table Sugar ...........................................................................................................................40
How to Feed Bees.....................................................................................................................40
Entrance Feeder....................................................................................................................40
Tile division-board feeder ....................................................................................................40
Friction Top Can ...................................................................................................................40
Hive Top Feeder....................................................................................................................40
Pollen or Pollen Substitutes....................................................................................................41
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Disease Management .......................................................................................42
American Foulbrood.............................................................................................................42
European Foulbrood ............................................................................................................42
Sacbrood ...............................................................................................................................42
Parasitic Mite Syndrome (PMS)...........................................................................................43
Chalkbrood............................................................................................................................43
Diseases of Adult Bees ............................................................................................................43
Nosema ..................................................................................................................................43
Mites.......................................................................................................................................44
Pest Management .............................................................................................46
Bears ......................................................................................................................................46
Birds.......................................................................................................................................46
Ants ........................................................................................................................................46
Cattle ......................................................................................................................................46
Small Hive Beetle..................................................................................................................46
Frogs ......................................................................................................................................46
Fire Ants ................................................................................................................................46
Rodents .................................................................................................................................47
Raccoons...............................................................................................................................47
Skunks ...................................................................................................................................47
Moths .....................................................................................................................................47
Beekeeping Management During Summer .....................................................48
Beekeeping Management During Fall .............................................................49
Hive Examination (I) .................................................................................................................49
Hive Management .....................................................................................................................50
Managing Bees within Your Hive ........................................................................................50
Managing Bees During Winter .........................................................................51
Hive Inspection .....................................................................................................................51
Cluster Inspection ................................................................................................................51
Honey Supply........................................................................................................................51
Checking Honey Storage .....................................................................................................52
Beekeeping Management During Spring ........................................................53
Hive Inspection .....................................................................................................................53
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Hive Strength ........................................................................................................................53
More Supers ..........................................................................................................................53
Capped Honey.......................................................................................................................53
Laying Queen ........................................................................................................................54
Brood .....................................................................................................................................54
Your First Harvest.............................................................................................55
Extracting the Honey Crop ......................................................................................................55
Brushing the Bees ................................................................................................................56
Escape Boards......................................................................................................................56
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