Beekeeping for Beginners from setting up a hive to harvesting

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td-iZG2PX_o

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03:33:00

Year of Production: 

2022

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Farm Kenya
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All it takes for bee keeping is buying the hive and the equipment for harvesting the honey. The farmer places wax in the hive that then attracts the bees, and a comb starter that guides the bees on how they start placing the combs.

In the first six months, harvesting is done every three months, while checking for pests like ants, termites, and rodents at least once a week. You should harvest when it is rainy because bees do not have enough time to look for food, which makes hot/ warm seasons the best times. The night is also the best time to harvest because during the day they are active and most worker bees are away and they will come back and attack. The most important thing is to spray them with smoke to make them lazier, enabling the farmer to harvest. The farmer can also use a clearer board, placed the night before harvesting so that the bees move to the bottom brood and are not trouble during the process.

Harvesting Honey

The farmer needs to be sure when to harvest, the period, the time, and the targets, for example, you don’t harvest when it is rainy because bees do not have enough time to look for food, which makes hot/ warm seasons the best times. There are also plants with good honey and to target the plant you have to target a specific time. The night is also the best time to harvest because during the day they are active and most worker bees are away and they will come back and attack. The most important thing is to spray them with smoke to make them lazier, enabling the farmer to harvest. The farmer can also use a clearer board, placed the night before harvesting so that the bees move to the bottom brood and are not in trouble during the process.

 

Sequence from Sequence to Description
00:0000:42Beekeeping is essentially the easiest agricultural activity because all it takes is buying the hive and the equipment for harvesting the honey. The farmer sets up the langstroth hive and puts in the wax that then attracts the bees and a comb starter that guides the bees on how they start placing the combs.
00:4301:17After two months of setting up the hive, the farmer checks to see if the bees have built all the frames and if they have, the farmer adds the queen excluder and the super box on top and cover it. In the first six months, harvesting is done every three months, while checking for pests like ants, termites, and rodents least once a week.
01:1802:02The farmer needs to be sure when to harvest, the period, the time, and the targets, for example you don't harvest when it is rainy because bees do not have enough time to look for food, which makes hot/ warm seasons the best times. During the night is also the best time to harvest because during the day they are active and most worker bees are away and they will come back and attack.
02:0302:33The most important thing is to spray them with smoke to make them lazier, enabling the farmer to harvest. The farmer can also use a clearer board, placed the night before harvesting, so that the bees move to the bottom brood and are not trouble during the process.
02:3403:33It is also important for bee and environmental conservation that you don't kill many bees when doing bee keeping, which makes it necessary to harvest at night. The greatest challenges facing the bee keeping activity are capital and knowledge, therefore the farmer having an experienced guide through out the process is necessary.

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