keep bees and process honey

Bees make honey as food for themselves and for their offspring. It provides them with the energy they need for their flights to a field, and heat to keep their bodies and dwelling warm; and for the secretion of wax for comb building. Bees store surplus honey for a rainy day and...

Making honey is the most important job of foraging bees. They fly diligently and tirelessly every day from morning till dusk in all directions and at various heights and at a distance of 3 to 5 kilometers from the hive prospecting for plants and trees producing nectar which they...

The honeybees are social insects living together in large group or family called a colony. The bees' nest inside the hive consists of several wax combs each containing many cells in which bees use for rearing their baby bees and to store food. The bees organize their affairs so well...

•Use a hot rod or knife to de-cap the  honeycombs (by passing it over the combs). •Place the de-capped comb on a piece  of fine white linen tied over the top of a plastic container. The de-capped side should face downwards. •Let the honey drip through the cloth  until...

Honey harvesting For traditional and top-bar hives, harvest once or twice a year. For the Langstroth hive, harvest three or four times a year. Steps in harvesting honey: Wear protective clothing: overall, veils, gloves, boots  Light smoker Gently open the hive Select combs...

There are two ways of populating a swarm: 1. Baiting a swarm •Use a small hive that has already been inhabited by bees and fill it with frames or top bars; two of the frames should contain combs and the others should have foundation sheets or strips of old comb. •Place the hive...

Beehives should be placed near a source of water (river, stream, lake, dam or natural or man-made ponds) and in an area with adequate vegetation, such as coffee, sunflower, moringa, mangoes, oranges, bananas and other flowering plants. The site should be fenced to protect bees from...

There are lots of different beehives, but really only 2 major types - moveable frame beehives  and top bar hives In the Western world, moveable frame beehives are the most common, but there are dozens of different designs. Generally the parts of each are not interchangeable,...

Why keep bees? •Bees pollinate crops and thus help increase yields •High demand for honey exists in local, regional and international markets •Propolis, collected from plants by bees to cover the inside of the hive, treats a broad range of ailments •Pollen, collected from plants...

Asaf Ayatuhaire, from Bushenyi District in South Western Uganda, has more than 100 beehives of different types. With an annual production of honey of around 2,000 kilogrammes, he earns more than US$ 2,200 a year and has recently registered a company, West Honeys Uganda. But ten years...

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila. There are nearly...