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Apiculture

Keep hives that pollinate the orchard and pay you back in honey and wax.

Bees reward patience more than anything else on the place. Start with the basics and go one hive at a time.

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Your path through apiculture

Start with the Basic Plan, then take the Breakouts one at a time.

  1. Basic Plan · start here

    Apiculture: the Basic Plan

    The whole subject in one sitting, so you know what to do first.

    About 15 min

    Start
  2. Breakout 1

    Your first hive

    Langstroth vs top-bar, and where to put it.

    About 8 min

    Start
  3. Breakout 2

    Seasonal hive care

    Spring build-up, summer flow, winter cluster.

    About 8 min

    Start
  4. Breakout 3

    Honey harvest

    When it is capped, how to extract, how to store.

    About 8 min

    Start
  5. Breakout 4

    Wax and byproducts

    Candles, salves, and propolis.

    About 8 min

    Start
  6. Breakout 5

    Pests, mites and swarms

    Varroa checks and catching a swarm.

    About 8 min

    Start
  7. Breakout 6

    Pollinator planting

    What to plant so the bees never go hungry.

    About 8 min

    Start

That’s the whole course.

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