Bee keeping is a great hobby that will allow you to reap some great rewards from it. This is how we get the raw honey that many people like to have with a various number of foods or drinks and even in some medicine. Honey is not the only reward that we can receive from bee keeping. We can also obtain bee wax and bee pollen that are used in many different types of items that we use on an everyday basis.

One of the first things that you want to consider when thinking of bee keeping is whether you or any member of your family is allergic to bees. If the answer is no, then you can go ahead and start your new hobby. This is a very important question as many people are so allergic that it can place them in the hospital or even become fatal if stung. Read the rest of this entry »

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When talking about bee hives and raw honey people often think of having to scale a tree to get them. This is often not the case as several professional bee keepers have popped up around the globe and have their hives at ground level. This makes extracting honey from the hive easier, and safer. There is however still the risk of getting stung, but at least you don’t have to worry about breaking your neck.

Bee hives have been the primary source of raw honey since the dawn of recorded history. Archeologists have found cave paintings of people climbing trees to get honey out of suspended hives in various locations. History does not tell us when we started domesticating bees but we do know that we were actively practicing it around 2400 BC. Historical evidence shows that early bee keepers used logs, pottery, and even baskets for bee’s to build their colonies in and raise young. Read the rest of this entry »

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