Beekeeping Through the Eyes of a Biologist
I’ve taught beginning beekeeping classes for many years. Over those years, I’ve made an outline of notes. I’ve put them into pdf format for your viewing or printout. These are rough notes, but are searchable for subject matter, as well as having a table of contents. BEGINNERS OUTLINE PDF
Field sessions Updated May 3 Third field session, Saturday May 4, at my home on Meadow Dr., 10:00 – about noon. Practice handling small colonies, transferring nucs into singles, looking for queens, evaluating brood, etc. Please bring a veil, smoker, and hive tool if you have them. I strongly encourage everyone to work without gloves. … Read More »
NUC PICKUP INSTRUCTIONS–PLEASE READ ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM! Randy Oliver Golden West Apiaries 14744 Meadow Dr Grass Valley, CA 95945 530 277 4450 (please make calls from 6:30- 8:30 am; please do not call later in the day if possible, as it interrupts our bee work) We produce our locally-adapted nucs in the… Read More »
1) Congratulations, you’ve just purchased a quality nucleus colony with a newly-mated queen from selected stock! You are now likely overwhelmed with advice as to how you “should” keep bees. May I suggest that you read my Rules for Successful Beekeeping articles. 2) Some nucs may have the queen caged—I will let you know. If… Read More »
Advice for recreational beekeepers Randy Oliver ScientificBeekeeping.com In my articles I chronicle my own process of self-education in becoming a successful beekeeper—which has been much more difficult since the invasion of varroa. The learning curve has been brutal—there were times when I thought that I was the worst beekeeper in the world (although that notion… Read More »
My recent article, “The Rules for Successful Beekeeping,” got more response (overwhelmingly favorable) than all my previous articles combined! (I’ve received requests to reprint it in several foreign countries, including a translation into Serbian!). What I also discovered is that there are a few beekeepers suffering from advanced cases of HDD—Humor Deficit Disorder. This is… Read More »
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