Beekeeping
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Wanting to keep honey bees for the first time this spring. Wondering if anyone here has experience. Recommendations on bee species, research websites, equipment, honey collecting methods, etc would be awesome. I live in western PA if that makes a difference for any of the above.
>>707926
Alls I know is if you beekeep, bears will come. So take whatever prep and precautions seriously. Every beehive in my town was wrecked by bears last summer. It was actually kind of a big deal
>>707927
Bear sightings are few and far between where I am.
>>707926
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghJL_zTvlLU
Aussie invention so you don't have to open the hive to harvest. Fucking genius.
>>709103
Kickstarter was successful, it's now at
http://www.honeyflow.com/
>>707926
I have a few hives. Join whatever club/bee keeper's association there is in your area, they will help a great deal.
Keep in mind that this shit isn't easy. In fact, it fucking sucks. You have to break down the hive like 2 times a month to keep them from welding the frames to the box and building dozens of wax bridges between the frames. If you let them do this, it will tear up both the frames and the honeycomb when you finally get your lazy ass around to opening the thing up.
If you have problem animals in the area, use electric fencing. Add "apiary" to you search terms.
Also, if you have monocrop farming in the area, you'll probably lose your hives in the winter.
>>707926
beesource.com is a good website for info.
On said website you can find whatever beekeeping association is close to you like >>709124 said and join it
Don't listen to these 2 assholes: >>709103 >>709105 the flow hive sucks dick and wont teach you anything about beekeeping.
You live in PA you will have bears. you'll need electric fence.
>>709318
Do you have any insight as to why the flow hive is shit, or is it only that you think its a poor starting point for someone new to beekeeping?
Obligatory
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OGFz9gt0-Fc
>>709649
>discussing board topics around shitposters.webm
>>709318
>the flow hive sucks dick
Jelly.jpg
Also, most amateurs don't want the hassle or the opportunity to fuck their colonies. Flow is awesome.
