Starting Beekeeping In Ireland The No Nonsense Guide

A practical book for new beekeepers and those interested in keeping their own bees, explaining everything they need to know to get started. It also covers how to make your garden attractive for bees. Published to coincide with the biggest beginners' day for beekeeping which takes place in February each year.

This essential guide to beekeeping will introduce you, in a simple and effective way, to all the various steps you need to take in order to generate your beehives and make them prosper. One of the most common mistakes among beginners is to think that all bees are capable of producing honey. You need to know that there exist more than 20.000 species of bees, but only a small part of those can actually produce honey! It is then important to understand which kind of bee to raise to be able to produce good honey, pollen, propolis and royal jelly. There currently are many references about the beneficial properties of honey for our health, and there are also many studies dedicated to these. Obviously, in order to enjoy all the benefits provided by honey, you need to prefer the raw one, the one that has not undergone industrial processing. In fact, such processes deprive it from many of its useful nutrients, impoverishing its quality and reducing its effectiveness. From picking the right hive and bringing your bees home to surviving winter and collecting honey, experienced beekeeper Amanda Ross takes you on an easy-to-follow journey through your first year of beekeeping and beyond. Beekeeping for beginners includes: Just the essentials―Learn everything you need to know to begin your first colony―written with brand new beekeepers in mind. Modern beekeeping―Start your colony off right with guides that feature the newest practices and current, natural approaches. Learn to speak the bee language―Clearly defined terms and a complete glossary will have you talking like a pro beekeeper in no time. The following are just some of the great benefits and properties of natural raw honey: It is very rich in antioxidants; It can counteract bacterial proliferation; It has anti-inflammatory properties; It is effective in the treatment of cough; It is an excellent source of energy, and also a healthier sweetener compared to to normal sugar. Honey can even help healing wounds! Isn't it amazing? It is in fact being proved that the application of the substance on wounds can stimulate the healing process and helps with tissue regeneration; it also helps to prevent infections and reduce inflammations. So, wouldn't it be great to have healthy hives in your backyard and a good supply of honey at your disposal? Thanks to this book you will learn: How to start beekeeping even if you are an absolute beginner; The structure of a hive; Everything you need to know about bees (honey bees, bee society, anatomy...); How to select the best location, and position the new bee colonies for both their safety and yours; Which tools you need to have; How to set up and take care of your colonies; The honey-bee reproduction; How to feed bees with nectar, pollen and honey substitutes; How to solve problems related to beekeeping; How to keep hives healthy; How to enjoy rich honey production, how to harvest it, store it, and which are the other beehive products you can enjoy;

The good thing is that becoming a backyard beekeeper isn't as hard as people think. This insightful guide provides all the necessary tools and techniques needed to help anyone become a real backyard beekeeper. Beekeeping for Beginners shares all the basics to help novices get started; it is a simple, step-by-step guide that features the fundamentals of modern beekeeping, and current natural approaches. Here's A Little Peek Inside The Book: - Supplies for beekeeping - Preparation of the bee boxes - Safety with bees - Starting the honey bees - Maintaining the hives - Harvesting the honey - All that and much more... It's simpler than you think to get started and you likely already have the necessary funds to purchase all the tools that you need several times. You also don't need to know anything about beekeeping to get started since this book is written with beginners in minds, yet it also has plenty of content for people who already know what they're doing.

A fascinating hobby; a remunerative business; or a globetrotting career? Which type of beekeeper do you want to be? It is entirely up to you: beekeeping can provide it all.Beekeeping can provide anyone with an interesting and useful hobby or a lucrative and rewarding business. It is recognised as a vital agricultural industry and can therefore also offer you a globe trotting career. The whole subject is, however, often shrouded in mystery and loaded with jargon, leaving many people unaware of its true potential or how to start. This book strips away all the mystery and explains step by step how - from day one - you can start beekeeping as a hobby; how you can progress to running a beekeeping business; or how you can start a career as a beekeeper which can quite easily take you all over the world. No other guide explains in such detail the true potential and accessibility of beekeeping or of being a beekeeper. Contents: List of illustrations; List of photographs; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. Honey-bees and human beings; 2. Understanding the honey-bee colony; 3. Using the products of the hive and bees; 4. Obtaining equipment and bees; 5. Starting with bees; 6. The active season: spring; 7. The active season: summer and autumn 8. Dealing with problems; 9. Overwintering your bees: autumn to spring; 10. Controlling diseases and pests; 11. Rearing queens and breeding bees; 12. Exploring products and career possibilities; Weights and measures ready-reckoner; Further reading; International beekeeping organizations; Beekeeping charities; Beekeeping journals;Beekeeping supply companies; Index.

Bees and beekeeping, How to start in beekeeping, Spring management, Summer management, Removing the crop, The fall crop and fall management, Wintering bees, Predators and diseases, The queen, Special practices, Major and minor honey plants, Pollination, The biology of the honeybee, Honey wine.

Are you looking into going into the beekeeping business? Do you know anything about bees and how they are related to honey? This book will be a guide for you into the world of the bees and their hives.