{"id":1879,"date":"2013-09-09T21:07:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T21:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2013-09-16T05:28:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T05:28:56","slug":"10-for-new-beekeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/10-for-new-beekeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"10 tips for new beekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  1. Work slowly!<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Keep good records<\/strong>\u00a0of your hive inspections.<\/li>\n
  3. Check hive<\/strong>s every 2-3 weeks from early spring (exact timing depends on weather) and monthly from August \u2013 October.<\/li>\n
  4. Be conscious<\/strong>\u00a0of being fire safe with your smoker.<\/li>\n
  5. Keep frames squeezed together as you work<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  6. Check for adequate brood space<\/strong>\u00a0and whether brood area is honey bound.\u00a0 Need more space?\u00a0 Pull a built out frame up into the center of the new hive body you are adding.<\/li>\n
  7. Know thy bees enemies<\/strong>.\u00a0 There are lots out there\u2026start by focusing on these two:\n
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    1. Determining levels of varroa mite infestations (especially in late summer & fall), and<\/li>\n
    2. Identifying American Foulbrood (you\u2019re not likely to see but because of its\u2019 highly contagious nature it is imperative you familiarize yourself with it).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Prevent starvation<\/strong>\u00a0(by feeding if\/when necessary) and prevent yellow jacket robbing (by reducing entrance if necessary).<\/li>\n
    4. Bigger is not always better<\/strong>.\u00a0 As winter approaches, don\u2019t leave too much honey on the colony making it harder for the bees to keep the cluster warm.<\/li>\n
    5. \u00a0Work slowly!\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0(Worth mentioning again.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Work slowly! Keep good records\u00a0of your hive inspections. Check hives every 2-3 weeks from early spring (exact timing depends on weather) and monthly from August \u2013 October. Be conscious\u00a0of being fire safe with your smoker. Keep frames squeezed together as you work. Check for adequate brood space\u00a0and whether brood area is honey bound.\u00a0 Need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beekeeping-basics","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1879"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1953,"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1879\/revisions\/1953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonniebeecompany.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}