Beekeeping is not only about watching the bees. Beekeeping in practice is a reactive (and if you are good - proactive) decision making to solve or prevent described Problems. To link problems with our product solutions its good to list these decisions and actions..
Beekeeping 101
What does beekeeper usually do? Sorted by priority:
- inspecting a colony in a beehive with a smoker, dressed in suit with specialized tools - ๐ Inspection management
- expanding or down-sizing the hive with a new section full of either empty foundation frames or comb frames - see ๐ฆ Hive section management
- treating against varroa mites with strips or acid fumes - see ๐ Varroa Treatment diary
- feeding the colony with sugar syrup or candy if its lacking resources - see ๐ญ Feeding history
- balancing resources (frames) between colonies to prevent ๐ฝ๏ธ Bee colony starvation
- splitting the colony if it is too big - see ๐ Split a bee colony
- catching swarms
- merging weak colonies before autumn - see ๐ซถ๐ป Join colonies
- adding or swapping a queen - see ๐ Colony without a queen
- extracting honey or pollen
- adding or removing frames - see ๐ฆ Hive section management
- moving a hive or killing colony if its ๐ข Aggressive bee colonies
- cleaning frames with old beecomb
- cleaning hives and sections
- melting and cleaning wax
- raising queens