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BeekeepingAn Introduction
A bit about me Started in
Nedlands backyard 16 years ago
Taste of honey was so superior
Hobby turned into obsession
Apprenticed myself out
150 hives and Elixir Honey
WarningBeekeeping can be dangerousBees are everywhere
In old days everyone had their own hives
Beekeeping - definition “Beekeeping, also called
apiculture, is the maintenance of honeybee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper (or apiarist) keeps bees in order to collect honey and other products of the hive (including beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly), to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or bee yard”
History of beekeeping Fossils found 100 million years old
Humans keeping bees for 13,000 years
Honey as a medicine Honey as a drink By 1500 we’d stopped
killing the bees In 1700’s studied bees 1822 bees bought to
Australia 1850 Langstroth’s
modern moveable frame
Modern moveable hives
What beekeepers do
Stop swarming
inside a
swarming
beehive
What beekeepers do
Migratory beekeeping
What beekeepers do
Harvesting honey
Honey Pollination Export live
bees Raise
queens Raise nucs
What beekeepers do
Stop swarming
inside a
swarming
beehive
