Friday, May 22, 2009

Honey Bee Supplies - What You Need To Know Before You Buy ANYTHING

By Tony Schwartz

Keeping bees is a specialized hobby and career and you can't just get the equipment you need for it at your local corner store, because the equipment is so specialized. Luckily, the internet has made things much, much easier to deal with, and now you can order any kind of honey bee supplies you need online.

Before you get started with purchasing your equipment, please make sure that you know what you are doing when it comes to keeping bees. You need to either buy a book or take a class on basic beekeeping.

With this field there is a lot of detail to learn. A book or course will help you make some important decisions. Like how many hives to buy and whether or not to pursue keeping bees as a hobby or business.

You will also learn about the habits of bees. What to do if you lose your queen. What types of flowers produce the best honey and many other valuable and important things. Some of the more popular materials on the market today are the books 'Beekeeping for Beginners' and 'Beekeeping for Dummies'.

There are three things you will need no matter what the size of your operation.

-Bee hives -either ones you build or ones you buy.

-Protective clothing - including a hat and mask.

-Liquid Smoke or a Smoker - to make the bees calm.

There are plenty of other things that you can buy as well, but these will get you started.

If you have never had any experience with beekeeping you should start small, and increase your activities from there. Once you get comfortable with your first hive, you can always expand your operation to include more hives and more bees.

Beekeeping is an important hobby and profession. Make sure you get started right. - 16887

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