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To: Bill on the Hill who wrote (3870)	4/9/2006 4:56:19 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24213

Oh, where to start? Are there any beekeepers in your area? Best place to start. Probably the best book I know.... books.google.com I think I have an old, purloined copy around that we once borrowed and neglected to return so many years ago it has been replaced. Let me check. Made the hives and such from kits. You give the bees frames with a wax center strip in a hex pattern. They do the rest. You generally feed them sugar water for their first month or so. Got a lot of stuff from the Dead Ants; bought the rest locally... dadant.com Never used actual bee suits. Extra pairs of sweats and judicious use of rubber bands. But get a good hat and veil and gloves. And don't wear wool. Don't know your local diseases. Ours were foul brood, treated with streptomycin in the fall, and various mites, a real problem. Buy your bees unless you are lucky enuf to catch a swarm. Other big problems. Yellowjackets and bears. Smaller varmits like skunk can be avoided by raising the hives a few feet. We used ant stakes at the base cuz they like honey, too. And starvation in a spring like this one; we would be feeding them right now.