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We teach how to raise honey bees in a way that makes sense and is easy to understand.

From beekeeping 101 to advanced beekeeping techniques, there's something for every level beekeeper here.

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Your First Month Beekeeping - Everything You Need to Know, Do, Prepare So You're READY! beekeeping 101 beekeeping equipment

Whether it is your first year or your fifth, picking up bees can be a stressful situation. It doesn't matter what the weather is, or how far you're co...

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A Review of the Top Online Beekeeping Courses beekeeping 101 beekeeping equipment

So you want to become a beekeeper? Great! Beekeeping is an AMAZING hobby. The next step is to learn what to do so you can keep your bees healthy. A gr...

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Buying a Beekeeping Suit beekeeping equipment

After 11 years of use and abuse, I finally threw my beekeeping suit away and began searching for a new one. There were things I loved about my old sui...

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Beekeeping Equipment Explained - The Beehive Set Up - Parts of a Hive beekeeping equipment

 One of the first steps to becoming a beekeeper is understanding the hive - where a colony of bees lives.

The hive is a fairly simple structure, but ...

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The Cheapest Electric Extractor on the Market! A Review of the Vevor 4 Frame Electric Extractor| How to Assemble & Wash | beekeeping beekeeping equipment

I put off buying an electric extractor for a long time! They're big, and they're SO expensive. The cheapest electric extractor I could find online was...

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When & How to Add a Box to Your Beehive beekeeping 101 beekeeping equipment beekeeping videos getting started keeping bees

The beehive starts off small in the spring. Maybe there's a few thousands bees and a queen inside, but over the course of weeks and months, the bees g...

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Frame & Foundation Options for a Langstroth Hive Explained beekeeping equipment

In its basic form, frames and foundation are very simple, but, as with almost everything in beekeeping, different people have different ways of doing ...

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Migratory Lid Vs. Telescoping Outer Cover beekeeping equipment

The two primary lid styles you're going to come across for the Langstroth style beehive are the telescoping outer cover and the migratory lid. 

 

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How to Light a Smoker and Put It Out Safely beekeeping equipment

The smoker is an essential tool for the beekeeper. The kind of kindling you use in your smoker will make lighting your smoker easier and keep it lit, ...

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The Inner Cover. What's the Purpose & Do You Need One? beekeeping 101 beekeeping equipment how to become a beekeeper

 

Have you ever seen that board with a hole in the center at a beekeeping website and wondered what it was? Well, I'm here to kind of explain it's pu...

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Deep, Medium, Shallow. The Boxes of a Beehive Explained. beekeeping 101 beekeeping equipment beekeeping videos how to become a beekeeper

Brood boxes, supers, deeps, mediums, shallows – these are all names for the three different types of boxes or hive bodies you can use on your Langstro...

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Why Every Beginner Beekeeper Should Start with a Langstroth Hive beekeeping 101 beekeeping equipment beekeeping videos how to become a beekeeper

There's a lot to learn when you're first getting started keeping bees. One thing you don't have to worry about is what kind of beehive you should get....

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