Beekeeping

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…

the car to sell a jar of honey. This seemingly insignificant gesture was the beginning of becoming the owners of “Arlo’s Honey Farm”. As green as grass and armed with a beekeeping book founder’s husband purchased – she jumped in and did her best. The bees have taught her many things, aside from a fast track education in beekeeping. The first lesson was patience and as one very good friend said, “Go slow Helen”. She have been repeating this to herself many times over and not only in the bee…

LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT CCD: COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER POTENTIAL CAUSES FOR DISAPPEARING BEE COLONIES OVER THE LAST DECADE When you think of bees, you may first think of an annoyance. They want ruin your picnic, they might sting you, and many people are allergic to them. Take a closer look. Bees are a cornerstone in the production of many mass-produced foods. (Images from…

There was significant differences in extension service among beekeepers that owned improved and traditional beehives (p=0.00) (Table 4). This result is in line with Assefa (2009) and Taye (2014) who found that, frequent provide extension services on beekeeping to farmers can increase the quantity and quality of the honeybee product at household level in Atsbiwemberta Tigray region and in South West Shoa Zone of Oromia…

invasive species and is causing many damages to the beekeeping…

rapidly disappear. The hive is in my backyard, which never had a purpose besides populating the weed community, but now there is. In the summer of 2010, I went with my church youth group to Heifer Farm. That is where I was first introduced to beekeeping. The hives were not what I expected at all. They look like file cabinets made of wood. Although the hives weren't like the stereotyped hives in movies, I stuck with it and learned something new.…

When Life Gives You Lemons, Thanks the Bees “If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.” (Eccleston) This widely cited quote has been attributed to the famous genius, Albert Einstein. He briefly touches upon the importance of bees to planet earth. 75% of all flowering plants, including most food crops, rely on pollinators, like the honeybee, for…

many ways. People are losing their job as beekeepers, businesses losing money due to decrease of food, and etc. One person effected by the disappearance is Jim Doan. He has been keeping bees since the age of 5 and he recently had to give up his beekeeping business. He sold the 112 acres…

What’s your favorite fruit? Imagine if you weren’t able to have that fruit anymore. If the decline of bees continue the way they have been, that will be possible in the future. It would happen here in America and across the ocean in Europe and Asia. Ruling out major importers for our produce. Bees are disappearing at alarming rates and changes need to be made. Fruits and vegetables aren’t the only benefits that we get from those little yellow and black insects. There happens to be a bright…

consider as well. Sue Hubbell author of A Book of Bees writes, “Everyone should have two or three hives of bees. Bees are easier to keep than a dog or a cat. They are more interesting than gerbils” (qtd. in Bishop pp. 1). Holley Bishop says that beekeeping seemed so great to her because she liked how “low-maintenance” it was and that the bees “did the farming for you and didn’t need to be walked, milked or brushed (2).” She also really loves to eat the honey that they produce (3). Holley…