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Beehive Inspection Sheet - FREE Download beekeeping 101 beekeeping tips getting started keeping bees how to become a beekeeper

So you got your bees. Hooray! Now what???? My first year as a beekeeper was a confusing one. I took a class and read a lot of books, but there...

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Everything You Need to Know About Propolis beekeeping tips crafty beekeeping

Propolis is one of the lesser-known items you can harvest from a beehive, but it still has a lot of great uses! Propolis is high in...

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How to Use Apivar Strips and What To Do With Your Honey Supers beekeeping 101 beekeeping tips beekeeping videos managing pests

Apivar strips are quite possibly the easiest mite treatment you can get. They require no tools and there's only two things you have to do -...

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Easy Way to Get Bees Out of a Honey Super Using Bitter Almond Oil. No Fume Board Needed! beekeeping tips beekeeping videos honey harvesting

There are lots of tricks the beekeeper has to saving time. This is one of my favorites. When I worked for an apiary with 4,000 hives, it was run by...

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A Guide to Seasonal Beekeeping Tasks. Free Chart to Download! beekeeping 101 beekeeping tips how to become a beekeeper

When you inspect a hive, you're usually checking the temper, space, activity, brood, and laying pattern. But there are additional duties...

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10 Tips When Harvesting Honey from the Flow Hive beekeeping tips beekeeping videos honey harvesting

When you watch the Flow Hive video, everything looks perfect. The honey flows right into the jar. No bees fly into the honey. The honey doesn't go...

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How to Make a Solar Wax Melter Out of a Cooler. No Tools Needed! beekeeping 101 beekeeping tips

There are different ways to make a solar wax melter. The way I did it is probably the easiest and the fastest way to make one. That's why I...

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Beekeeping in the Summer - Bearding, Robbing, Dearth & Hurricanes beekeeping 101 beekeeping tips beekeeping videos

Summer is a busy time for the bees. As a beekeeper, you may see the bees doing a variety of things that you're not used to - robbing, bearding,...

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How to Turn Old, Dark Honeycomb Into Clean, Yellow Beeswax beekeeping tips beekeeping videos

When bees secrete beeswax, it's white. As bees walk over the comb and fill it up with nectar and pollen, the wax turns various shades of...

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How to Avoid Getting Stung, What to Do When You're Stung & Swelling Remedies beekeeping 101 beekeeping tips how to become a beekeeper

Many people love bees and understand their value, but as soon as one comes buzzing by, their heart races, their arms start flailing and...

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