As an organic gardener, I keep honeybees to help pollinate my crops, to produce honey as a side harvest, and to help keep the species going. In this video, we’ll go through what it takes to get started beekeeping and I take you along for a typical spring hive visit.

Here are some more resources that I recommend to get started*
➤ Guide to Bees and Honey by Ted Hooper (USA: https://amzn.to/2W1ibtz ) (UK: https://amzn.to/35pL9Gk )
➤ The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Beekeeping by Dean Stiglitz (USA: https://amzn.to/3fcXLFn ) (UK: https://amzn.to/3da8nTB )
➤Getting started keeping Honeybees by Linda Tillman https://lovelygreens.com/getting-started-keeping-honeybees/

➤ More Lovely Greens beekeeping videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvcIjhASxid4ScGNhOV2s9pEi1ODJ7buD

➤For those interested in British honeybees: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/apr/18/black-honeybees-rediscovered-in-britain

➤I get most of my hive equipment and gear from Thorne. Here are their Bees on a Budget sets: https://www.thorne.co.uk/hives-and-bees/bees-on-a-budget/bees-on-a-budget-kits

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