Today Britton and I went to our first beginning beekeeper class that was put on by the Northern Colorado Beekeeper’s Association. It was quite fascinating all the different things you can learn about keeping bees.
I got to try on the beekeeper hat
We learned about the brood and the queen, the hive and the mead. The honey, the comb, the wax and the drones. We heard just about everything about the biology of the bees and next week the class continues to please.
We will have the opportunity to buy bees and the whole kit and caboodle. It is a more expensive hobby than chicken keeping, but it can also be more lucrative, as they said everyone is looking to purchase honey! It will cost about $200 to get set up with one hive. I think we will try it because we want to have honey bees in Puerto Rico and this will be a great way to learn about it here, although some of the specifics are slightly different.
I searched beekeepers of Puerto Rico and found some info and pictures from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. It is pretty cool that Mayagüez is such an agricultural university there because it will be fairly close to where we want to live, so we can get lots of info on beekeeping (apicultura). We talked with an expert in the class who kept bees in Hawaii and the challenges are somewhat different, but overall, it is slightly easier to keep them because of the weather, but the diseases and problems can also be harder to deal with.
Overall, we had a lot of fun learning about this and found out that beekeeping is completely legal in Greeley! Which makes me laugh that chickens are going to be so regulated. Bees, like chickens, have so many benefits that there is not just one reason to keep them. They pollinate area plants, vegetables and fruit trees, they make honey and beeswax. The honey can be used in all sorts of applications and foods as can the wax to make soaps, candles and even lotions and creams. I’ve even read that taking or eating bee pollen and even local honey can help with allergies!
What wonderful fascinating little creatures. We’ll soon see what this new adventure brings us!
Congratulations on starting your beekeeping adventure! Bees really are fascinating creatures, and incredibly beneficial in so many ways. I’m sure you will love your bees! Look forward to reading all about it.
was looking to see if was the class given by THE BEE GURU in denver.
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If you want to get started in Beekeeping, make sure that you have the basic components of the hive, protective gears, equipments in handling the honey, and a bee source. You can start your bee business by buying package bees, buying an already established bee colony or collecting swarms. But for starters, packages are recommended.
We’re in need of 2 queen bee to set up two boxes I’m here in Puerto Rico can I now cost and we’re may I go to purchase them
There are thousands of hobby beekeepers worldwide and numerous large-scale commercial beekeepers. According to estimates, the annual production of honey worldwide exceeds a million metric tons! 😮
Great post! Beekeeping is a great hobby, whether you keep bees for pollination, honey, profit, medicinal uses or all of the above. But getting started with bees can be expensive if you use conventional hives. But there’s a simpler, less-expensive and more natural option: top-bar hives. The top-bar method of beekeeping allows you to make simpler, inexpensive hives. Build them now and you can start keeping bees next spring.
Have you tried the beekeeping yet? I’d love to know what kind of results you’ve gotten.
And welcome to Puerto Rico