Wednesday, September 28, 2011

How to start backyard beekeeping - Houston Chronicle

Backyard beekeeping is easy - Houston Chronicle:
Honey bees sit on a honeycomb. Photo: Heribert Proepper / AP

Backyard beekeeping is fun and not difficult, but planning is important. It takes about four weeks to get a hive up and running, Burger says.

Order the queen and workers in fall for delivery in spring, the beginning of the bee season. "You want gentle bees," he says. He recommends buckfast, a race developed in England. "I have lots of garden tours, and I've yet to have anyone stung," he says. "It's a one-shot deal. Since bees die after stinging, they don't want to sting. I let bees walk on my finger."

Order beekeeping equipment. You'll need a box or hive plus a veiled hat and gloves. Burger also recommends a smoker, a stainless steel device that emits smoke to calm bees.

He estimates startup costs at $250-$300, plus $80-$120 for the bees, depending on the time of year ordered.

 


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Meetup at the National Archives
Attendees will be able to get NARA researcher cards and then in the afternoon we will invade the research rooms to scan documents.


Who and what
Please join Archivist of the United States David Ferriero (!) for the next US National Archives backstage pass and scanathon, hosted at their College Park, Maryland facility.
This event will be a larger, repeat performance of our first NARA backstage pass (Wikipedia:Meetup/NARA 1). (For more details, please see the write-up about the event on NARA's blog.)

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