To “Bee” or not to “Bee?”

Beekeeping is intimidating for the beginner, but it doesn’t have to “bee.” LOL. See what I did there? Seriously, I’ll stop with the bee puns

• You will need to invest in quite a bit of equipment: bee boxes with frames, separators, tops and bottoms. You’ll also need a bee suit with a protective hood and gloves, a smoker, a hive tool, and an extruder to separate the honey from the comb.
• You will need a quiet spot at the back of your property with shade in the summer. The wax in hives will melt if the boxes are in direct sunlight on a very hot day. Bees do a pretty good job of cooling their hives with their wings and heating the hive in the winter with their body heat, but help them out by choosing a good location to begin with. Once you have a hive in a spot, you cannot change the location on your property without a lot of fuss. Bees have to be transported and left at least 5 miles from the old spot until they get used to their new location. Then, you can move them back to your property. It’s easier to set the hives in a good spot to begin with.
• You will need to order European Honeybees to stock your hive. There are a variety of websites that sell bees. Here’s a website based in California…
• You will need a garage or some other work space to process the honey when you collect it.
• If you have a garden or an orchard, your bees will be very happy. If there’s a lack of vegetation and flowers around, you might need to leave some sugar water out for them.

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