Approaching the Hive
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Approaching the Hive
Follow these steps when you are getting ready to work with your bees:
- Light the smoker and put on your veil.
- Approach the hive from the rear and direct puffs of smoke into the entrance as you gently remove the outer telescoping cover.
- Place the cover upside down on the ground.
- Remove the inner cover and be prepared to pry apart the propolis seal with your hive tool.
- Remove the first frame and look for the queen. If she’s there or on any frame you are inspecting, carefully set the frame against the hive, remove the next frame, and gently place the first frame containing the queen back in the hive.
- Continue to remove each frame, examine it, and replace it in order.
- When finished, smoke the bees downward while reassembling and closing the hive.
Lesson List
- Bee Food Duration:
- .8 Check Your Learning Duration:
- 7. Sweeten the Deal Duration:
- 6. Be a Fair Weather Friend Duration:
- 5. Manage Swarming Duration:
- 4. Create a Local "Watering Hole" Duration:
- 3. Mean Bees Are Bad Bees Duration:
- 2. Happy Bees Are Good Bees Duration:
- 1. Fences or Hedges Make Good Neighbors Duration:
- 3.7 Bee a Good Neighbor! Duration:
- How to Deliver Food Duration:
- What to Feed Your Bees Duration:
- When to Feed Your Bees Duration:
- 3.2 What Kind of Bees Should I Get? Duration:
- 3.6 How to Feed Bees Duration:
- Approaching the Hive Duration:
- 3.5 Working with the Bees Duration:
- Regulations Impacting Beekeepers Duration:
- 3.4 Where to Put Hives Duration:
- Swarms Duration:
- Nucs and Hives Duration:
- How to Install Package Bees Duration:
- 3.3 Where to Get Your Bees Duration:
- Other Strains Duration:
- Carniolan Bees Duration:
- Italian Bees Duration:
Teachers Info
Bee doctor
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