Meta Description: Keeping bees may not be for everyone, but if you want to get in on saving the little pollinators – here’s how.
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Everything You Need to Build Your Own Bee Farm Bees have been in the news in the past few years, much more than at anytime before except for maybe the killer bee scares of the eighties and nineties. In case you missed all of the news, honeybees are having a very difficult time right now. Honeybees are one of the organisms that we rely on for pollinating a great many of the plants that we rely on for food production. Without honeybees, we would be eating a very limited diet and living …show more content…
You can order them from a beekeeping supply company. The postal service will deliver live bees direct to your door. You can get them from a local beekeeper. Or you can attempt to hive a spring swarm of bees.
You’ll also want a good book on the raising and keeping of bees. A five-hundred word post just isn’t big enough to convey the ins and outs of when to harvest honey, how to troubleshoot problems, and when and how to expand your operation if you so desire.
Payment in Honey
Bees make great neighbors. They are friendly, easy to get along with, and will help pollinate your garden as well as the gardens of your neighbors. Beekeepers are standing by in many cities throughout the country ready you payment in honey for letting them keep a hive in your backyard, garden plot, or on your roof, depending. You’ll get the satisfaction of helping to bolster the numbers of one of the essential organisms for living our way of life, while reaping payment in actual honey.
Living the Sweet Life
As you can see, it doesn’t take much to get started in beekeeping. With a little expense in equipment, and time to learn the basics of good beekeeping, you’ll be on your way to honey and a lush productive landscape in no