North Staffordshire Beekeepers For everyone interested in honeybees in and around North Staffordshire

Beekeeping for Beginners

Apiculture

Or the practice of beekeeping has been around from the dawn of the human existence. People are drawn into beekeeping for lots of reasons – for the sweet honey or other honeybee products like wax, to assist in pollination, as a hobby, for commercial purposes, and many other reasons. Irrespective of your reason of engaging in beekeeping, you will have lots of questions or concerns.

Where do I start ?

You have already taken your first steps by visiting our web site. It advisable to seek the guidance of experienced beekeepers, you will make mistakes and go wrong but at least you will have someone you can speak to.

We recommend that you attend a bee keeping awareness day a your local associaton's apairy, this will give the experience of seeing a working hive, first hand.

 

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