Bee keeping

[tmoore8595]

I am really glad I found this thread! I have been trying to get information locally, but so far, no one I have contacted has gotten back with me! I called my township to see if we were in fact allowed to have them (I know we are, I just want the specifics). I've emailed the local associations. Nothing. I first started thinking about it when I found a spot for them. All I have to my disposal is reading online, but have learned enough to know I want to do it. I live in PA. Any ideas of where ELSE I can contact?

Our local association has monthly meetings, if yours does that would be a great place to start. If you know of a local bee keeper, they are usually eager to help new people get started.
Here are some links that might be helpful.

www.beginningbeekeeping.com/BackYardBeekeeping.pdf
www.beginningbeekeeping.com/TheE-BookOnHoneyBees.pdf
www.clemson.edu/extension/county/oconee/programs/beekeeping/Honey_Bee_Life_Cycle_in_Pictures.pdf
The Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), life-cycle structure and behavior. Biology article by D G Mackean
Frame Assembly » Ohio State Beekeepers Association
www.three-peaks.net/PDF/Beekeeper's Calendar.pdf

 

[chickenstricken]

Outstanding links, very informative. I just started looking into this. Fascinating stuff. I couldn't get the 2nd link to open. Is it my computer, or are others having problems with that one also?

 

[tmoore8595]

Outstanding links, very informative. I just started looking into this. Fascinating stuff. I couldn't get the 2nd link to open. Is it my computer, or are others having problems with that one also?

Sorry

dl.commentcamarche.net/en.kioskea.net/download/files/TheE-BookOnHoneyBees-1.0.pdf

 

[oldrooster]

Quote: they have found edible honey in one of the pyramids a few years back, a couple or three thousand years old....

 

[chickenstricken]

Sorry

dl.commentcamarche.net/en.kioskea.net/download/files/TheE-BookOnHoneyBees-1.0.pdf

Thanks

 

[llandry]

I have been thinking a lot about getting bees. I'm still in the early research phase. We are thinking of moving in about a year so I wouldn't get them until after we move. Our yard now is relatively small and when we move my number one requirement is land! I just read this thread from the beginning and didn't realize that when honey crystallizes you can heat it to get rid of them. I thought this meant it was bad and I've always thrown it out. Do you refrigerate honey or leave it at room temp?

 

[tmoore8595]

I have been thinking a lot about getting bees. I'm still in the early research phase. We are thinking of moving in about a year so I wouldn't get them until after we move. Our yard now is relatively small and when we move my number one requirement is land! I just read this thread from the beginning and didn't realize that when honey crystallizes you can heat it to get rid of them. I thought this meant it was bad and I've always thrown it out. Do you refrigerate honey or leave it at room temp?

Room temp.

 

[crittermomma78]

Oh, I have been wanting bees for year! With our garden, apple trees and lots of wild berries the extra help with pollination would be great. and I love honey!

When I do start it will be with top bar bee hives. I really like how much simpler they seem to be for a back yard bee keeper, with less equipment needed. Also, I don't think I could lug around those heavy supers. I love that hive made from a barrel,,what a cool idea!

 

[1 Farm Girl]

Hi There,
My husband is a Bee Keeper and we get a honey harvest twice a year here it Fallbrook, Ca we take new swarms for free and give them a home (we don't kill or spray the bees) and sale the Honey. It never goes bad or spoils...however because it is all natural / organic when we jar it, it will last for about 3 months before it crystallizes. Store it at room temp and use when you want. When it crystallizes just remove the cap and drop the jar in a pan of water at a slow boil and it comes right back to normal. Honey will last for years!!

 

[1 Farm Girl]

Hi,
Honey should stay in Room temp and not in the frig. if your buying organic honey (not from a store) from a Farmers market or local bee keeper whom sales honey then that is the real stuff. We have been farming bees for about 10 years now and harvest honey twice a year... our honey is a blend of Avocado, citrus, sage and eucalyptus so it has a unique taste. Honey will crystallize over time and all you do is just remove the cap and set it in a pan of water up to the rim and put on a slow boil (not hot boiling water) it will come right back to normal, Honey will last for years!!
By the way if you looking to move and want land my husband and I are custom home builders as well, we have an awesome 4.2 acre gentle slope just around the corner from us here in Fallbrook, Ca check it out on the MLS# 130013198
it also has some bee hives there, we have perfect weather here and can grow anything.
Thanks,