How to start beekeeping in your own backyard

Backyard Beekeeping

“The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she

labors, but because she labors for others.”

My Early Beekeeping Days

Dad Beekeeper Honeycomb memoryI started 5 years ago

How you can start keeping bees

Why Keep Bees?ABeeC’s of

Beekeeping Where to start?

Why Keep Bees?

Crucial to food supplypollination

Help the bee populationColony Collapse

DisorderLove of honey

allergies & remedies

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Percentage of crop pollinated by bees

Source US Department of Agriculture

The ABeeC’s of Beekeeping

Will I get stung?probably

Where to keep bees?almost anywhere

What do I do?bees do most of it

Where to start?

Talk to BeekeepersJoin discussion

groupsTake a classRead booksBuy equipmentOrder bees early

Things we’ve learned

Why Bees are important

What to doHow to get started

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto

Plant bee-loving plantsCall beekeepers about swarms not

exterminatorsAvoid using harmful pesticidesTry to buy organic produce Buy local honeyEducate others

How you can help

Photo courtesy of Microsoft

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