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    Beekeepers should place hives in sunny, south-facing areas with wind protection that allow for easy access while avoiding wet locations. Hives should be spaced apart to reduce disease sharing, and an electric fence should be installed first. Beekeepers can obtain honeybees as swarms, packages, or nucleus hives, with European or Western honey bees being most common. Proper feeding of bees is also important.

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    Beekeepers should place hives in sunny, south-facing areas with wind protection that allow for easy access while avoiding wet locations. Hives should be spaced apart to reduce disease sharing, and an electric fence should be installed first. Beekeepers can obtain honeybees as swarms, packages, or nucleus hives, with European or Western honey bees being most common. Proper feeding of bees is also important.

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    Bee Class 2:

    Getting Your Bees!


    Hive Placement
    How to Get Bees
    Which Bees to Get
    Feeding Bees
    Hive Placement
    -avoid wet areas
    -sunny is preferable
    -South facing is best
    -wind protection needed
    -Consider ease of getting in and out with heavy stuff
    -Consider human & bee traffic when orienting hives
    -Space between hives reduces disease/pest sharing
    -Put up electric fence first!
    Getting Honeybees
    How to get them: Swarms
    How to get them: Packages
    How to get them: Nucleus Hives
    European / Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
    SUBSPECIES (Races)
    -Italian (Apis mellifera ligustica)
    -Carniolan (Apis mellifera carnica)
    -Russian
    -Survivor
    -Buckfast (Apis mellifera: hybrid)
    -Caucausian (Apis mellifera caucasica)
    -African (Apis mellifera scutellata)
    Feeding Your Bees
    “The keeping of bees is like the
    direction of sunbeams.” ~Henry
    David Thoreau

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