Additional Skills For Successful Beekeeping - Flow Hive Instruction Manual

ADDITIONAL SKILLS FOR SUCCESSFUL
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BEEKEEPING
If you are new to beekeeping there are a number of skills that you need to
acquire in order to safely and successfully keep bees. We strongly recommend
taking a beekeeping course before you put bees in your hive. Here is a list of
practical skills that will help you on your beekeeping journey.
Essential skills
• Understand and apply basic first
aid, as set out in the Accredited
First Aid beekeeping safety
pamphlet
• Light and extinguish a smoker
• Open, inspect and close a hive
Joining your local beekeeping club or association is a great way to connect
with other keen beekeepers and share the passion.
Remember, if we look after the bees they will look after us, and the honey
really is an amazing bonus.
Advanced Skills
• Identify and manage health
problems and pests in the hive
• Swarm control
• Requeening
• Move a hive
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