A friend at work recently told me he has some bees for sale. I was stunned. I had never considered the prospect of there being a realistic market for bees. I guess I was wrong.
The more he told me about bees for sale and bee keeping as a hobby or commercial venture, the more interested I became.
Who would have thought that the humble little honey bee could stir such interest and, for that matter, demand such a worldwide following!
I wonder how much bees for sale cost? How easy is it to come by a bee suit or bee supplies? I wonder if people even have bee hives for sale? Maybe I could be up and running as a bee keeper as early as next weekend?
I’m going to investigate and further develop my new found interest in bee keeping and bees for sale. You can follow my journey right here on this blog!
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Oct 11
Bees For Sale
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Apr 12
Buying Bees
Though there is no multitude of reasons why people should rear bees, a couple is enough to know that this hobby or business generally is a good way to generate income. These two reasons are related to the natural capabilities of these buzzing insects. Some bees are used for honey making; these are the species of honey bees. Other people sell their expert services by using the bees’ natural talent: pollinating. The professional beekeepers offer their facilitation of using the insects to aid in the fast reproduction of the agriculturists’ crops.
If you suddenly become interested in taking care of colonies of these busy fellows, you may either do first a personal inspection of any bees for sale in farms, or do the search online and find a great number of sellers. When you are inspecting the bees, make certain that you go after a hive with a large army of bees in the boxes.
Before you perform your examination, create a list that will guide you on what other aspects to check when assessing bees for sale. Make sure that you find a good number of pollen and brood. If you are in search of honey bees, finding some honey is important. Usually, it is advised that a beginner work with a swarm of over 12,000 bees, in which the majority of these are the workers while the rest are drones. A good colony can have twice as many bees, and a strong hive can have up to 50,000 worker bees. This difference in number of the bees, along with other variables such as the condition of the boxes and delivery specifications, should obviously affect the price.
Beekeeping is not a simple and cheap investment; this is what every novice should understand. Apart from the bees, there are other things to worry about such as the boxes, the frames, protective suits and other relevant devices. However, they need not to worry because when their venture becomes successful, they will absolutely generate a good income. So when you become interested in bees for sale, begin with inspection followed closely by preparation.
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Feb 12
Further Evidence of Bee Keepings Rise in Popularity
It’s great to hear first hand accounts of peoples experiences of witnessing the rapid growth in popularity of Bee Keeping as a hobby and pass time!
Click on the headline below to read this great article at www.independentmail.com about the experiences of bee keepers Margaret & Jim Smith.
“Beekeeping rising in popularity, local beekeepers say”
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Jan 12
Great Blog Post & Podcasts
http://urbanfarmandbeehives.com/2012/01/11/beekeeper-resource-the-organically…
http://somdbeekeeper.com/
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Jan 12
The Self-Destructive Nature of Modern Beekeeping
A disturbing article on the inherent dangers of the methods employed in modern, commercial beekeeping and how these practises are leading to the decline of the honeybee.
http://www.waldeneffect.org/blog/Why_modern_beekeeping_causes_declines/
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Dec 11
Honey use for Medicinal Purposes!
Head over to this link at Gozonews.com to see how our fellow Maltese bee keepers are putting their honey harvests to medicinal use. I’m pretty sure if this were Scottish bee keepers there would be a few drams of something else added too!
http://gozonews.com/21203/beekeeping-and-the-traditional-medicinal-uses-of-honey/
14
Dec 11
Bees responding to Global Warming!
An interesting article by Jan van Dooren on how bees are responding to the general trend of rising global land temperatures, further illustrating how in tune bees are with nature and their surroundings.
http://www.bitsofscience.org/bee-spring-climate-change-temperature-4376/
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Nov 11
York House Apiary – No bees for sale here but plenty of honey.
The honey produced by the bee hives of the York House Apiary at RAF Cranwell is sold to raise money for the British charity Help for Heroes. No bees for sale here as yet.
http://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/news/busy_bees_help_heroes_1_2871331