Bee Keeping Urban Area If you want start bee keeping in city or Urban Area it’s good idea but you need to know something before taking decision. In urban area many peoples afraid to see the bees because they can stung them. It’s true but it’s not much harmful for them. You need to say them it’s benefits of bees and stinging then they don’t afraid. In the field while they going out side the hive to collect nectar and water they are not much defensive. Selection of Right Location First of all you need to select proper place where bees are invisible to other people. “Out of sight out of mind” is a famous quote if people don’t see the bee colonies they never…

Honey, Honey, Honey Everyone love to eat honey in the world. Honey is used in many ways like with milk, bread, water and also consumed directly as a sweet food. Honey is very tasty and natural if it come from real source. Up to 50% Honey is duplicate and mixing of sugar content in whole world. If you buy honey from market it’s not sure it’s honey or its a Sugar syrup or honey. Even most popular brands also not good for quality purpose. In the honey 20% moisture is acceptable in the market. Some bee keepers harvested honey without caping of honey combs. If they want pure honey it’s necessary to harvest ripe honey with minimum of 70% comb should bee sealed. In the…

Winter season is very tough season for the bee’s to survive. In the winter season bee’s are unable to go outside to collect food due to low temperature. In this situation bee keepers need to take care or their bee colony to survive them. Winter Management for Bee’s image-1 The main reason of bee’s not going outside is low temperature & not availability of sufficient flower’s to collect nectar & pollen outside their hive. Some technic to help them is available for bee keeper’s to help them. These technics are called as Winter Management Technic are given bellow Close the top cover with air proof not to entering the snow & cold air in to the hive. If your cover is loose and space between…

Knowing when to harvest Honey can be extracted when it has been capped over by the bees on the comb. At this stage, the honey will have been ‘matured’ by the bees, sealed up and is ready to eat. Often, when you want to remove the honey, not all will have been sealed. I always use a rule of thumb here if three quarters of the honey is sealed, I am happy to remove it from the hive. This is an important point. If you extract honey that has not been sealed, the water content will inevitably be too high, and the honey will ferment in storage and explode if sealed in a jar or tank. It will also taste foul if this happens. You…

You should always wear protective equipment when you work your hive. You should light your smoker before getting started. I have often been asked how I keep my smoker going out. Seems some people have smokers go out just about the time they need them. The key is to take time to get the smoker going before rushing off to the bees. There are many types of smoker fuel. I can remember learning how to build a fire as a boy scout. Start small and then add new material slowly to the fire. Don’t dump a lot of smoker fuel onto a newly started fire. You will smoother the fire and it will go out. The goal is to have a good cool flow of…