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The Complete User Guide to Keeping Bees, Raise Your Bee Colonies and Make your Hive Thrive in your Backyard or Garden
Olivia Cooper
© 2020 Olivia Cooper
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Beekeeping Starter Guide
The Complete User Guide to Keeping Bees, Raise Your Bee Colonies and Make your Hive Thrive in your Backyard or Garden
Olivia Cooper
© 2020 - Olivia Cooper
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Table of Content
CHAPTER 1
ABOUT BEES
THE EGGS AND DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF A BEE
CHAPTER 2
WHY BEEKEEPING IS IMPORTANT
SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF BEEKEEPING
CHAPTER 3
HISTORY OF BEEKEEPING
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DISAPPEARING BEES
PROCESS OF BEEKEEPING
DETERMINANTS OF A HIVES LOCATIONS
PROCESS OF HONEY PRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
Apiculture is an aspect of agriculture that is primarily concerned with the practice of managing, maintaining, and keeping bees, their colonies, and their hives. The entire bee colony ecosystem that consists of the royal jelly, raw honey, and beeswax is known as the Apiary. Apart from being sustainable, good for health, these products are also very much sought.
If you are just a beginner and have ever had thoughts of keeping your bees, then this beekeeping book is for you. In this book specifically written for adults who are interested in natural beekeeping and need a book that not only explains the basics of beekeeping for the beginner but also shows how to manage the business side of keeping bees to make it a profitable business churning out profit consistently.
So, if all you wanted was to be a backyard beekeeper or a hobbyist or simply a small-time farmer hoping to use his homestead to start a business selling honey and other bee products, this guide which has pictures to illustrates the point has been designed to get you started in no time, and you know what, it's fairly easy to learn the process of managing how to keep bees.
As with many other aspects of life, many factors come into play before deciding to embark on a beekeeping adventure, so before you dive right in, you may want to first consider if keeping bees is suitable for you.
That means that the first step to the long journey of becoming a successful keeper of bees is to acquire as much knowledge as possible about the bees to acquaint yourself with all the potential variables that have the capacity to affect the outcome of your honey bees.
This beginner's pack will show you how to select your hive for your first beehive, help you prepare for possible challenges you may face in the future. Each day you go out to see your bees can become a new experience in itself as you get to see something different every time you get into your hive, this book was written to make each beekeeping experience an interesting one for you.
To be able to make appropriate management decisions, especially when preparing to start commercial beekeeping, it is important to know the importance of being flexible
