If you are considering getting honey bees, or even if you're already going down that path, here are 5 things I learned about beekeeping that I believe you should know, too.
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Sage and Stone Homestead: @SageandStoneHomestead
Sweet Briar Farm: @SweetBriarFarmMichigan
GWP Homestead: @GWPHomestead
Yogi Hollow Farm: @YogiHollowFarm
The Heavenly Homestead: @TheHeavenlyHomestead
The Old Swede's Farm: @TheOldSwedesFarm
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Books mentioned are available on Amazon:
Keeping Bees in Horizontal Hives: A Complete Guide to Apiculture: amzn.to/3utcZPk
Keeping Bees with a Smile: Principles and Practice of Natural Beekeeping: amzn.to/3iz1xPv
The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild: amzn.to/3iGVUis
Honeybee Democracy: amzn.to/3VUMbn2
I grew up on a farm on the edge of the Nebraska sandhills. A cattle ranch that bears our family name, founded in the late 1800s by my ancestors, is still owned and worked by my cousin. Life events have put me in the suburbs of a major metropolitan area in middle America, where my wife and I have raised our two kids. It's in this environment that I work to make as sustainable a life as I can, converting much of our backyard to grow food, including a garden, fruit trees and bee hives.
I use natural methods, as much as is possible, in my gardening and beekeeping. I garden organically and continue to learn to work with the soil and the plants, without the use of chemical supplements, herbicides or pesticides, to improve our harvest. Our honey bees are sourced from local colonies through swarms, trap-outs and cut-outs, and are kept, using treatment-free, natural methods, in Layens horizontal hives.
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21 авг 2024
