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| Knowledge Base Menu | Sub-Menu title | Topic Post title |
Basic Beekeeping |
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| Basic Equipment | Protective Clothing click | |
| Beekeepers Toolbox click | ||
| Component Parts of a Hive click | ||
| Hive Types click | ||
| Colony Manipulation | Selecting & using the appropriate method click | |
| Tips on the Basic Practical click | ||
| Natural History of the Honeybee | Two Castes & the cast-out Honeybees in a Colony click | |
| Stages in the Life Cycle of a Honeybee click | ||
| Wax Production & Comb Building click | ||
| Importance of Pollination by Honeybees click | ||
| Com’n Sources of Pollen & Nectar in Surrey click | ||
| Collecting Pollen, Water & Propolis click | ||
| What is Swarming? click | ||
| The Winter Colony click | ||
| How to Interpret Bee Dancing click | ||
| Disease, Pests & Poisoning | A Healthy Colony click | |
| Excluding Mice & Other Pests from Hives click | ||
| Notifiable diseases & Pests of the Honeybee click | ||
| American Foul Brood click | ||
| European Foul Brood click | ||
| Chalk Brood click | ||
| Bald Brood click | ||
| Nosema click | ||
| Acarine click | ||
| Varroa Mites click | ||
| Mouse in the Bee House! click | ||
| Wax Moth click | ||
| Preparing Stored Comb for Winter – Wax Moth Treatment click NEW | ||
| Woodpeckers click | ||
| Signs of Poisoning from Toxic Chemicals click | ||
| Feeding | Making and Feeding Syrup click | |
| Making and Feeding Fondant click | ||
| Making and Feeding Pollen Patties click | ||
| After the Basic | After the Basic – What Next? click | |
| Module 1 Recommended Reading List click | ||
| Best Practice Guides | Beekeeping Best Practice Guides/Advisories/Fact Sheets – The Full FERA Bee Unit List click | |
Equipment |
DIY Projects | DIY Projects (introduction) click |
| Make a Queen Cage click | ||
| Make a Frame Holder click | ||
| Make a Queen Mating Box click | ||
| Make an Asian Hornet Trap click | ||
| Frame Runner Modification click | ||
| Watch Your Bees Feeding click | ||
| Make a Simple Feeder click | ||
| Make a Simple Wasp Trap click | ||
| Make a Mesh Woodpecker Guard click | ||
| Make a Bee Escape click | ||
| Make an Observation Hive click | ||
| Make a Snelgrove Board click | ||
| More than an Eke click | ||
| Make a Honey Warming Cabinet click | ||
| Buying Equipment | ||
| Equipment Product/Price List – March 2016 click | ||
| Buying New Equipment click | ||
| Buying Used Equipment click | ||
Honey Extraction |
Clearer Boards click NEW | |
| Extracting Your Honey click NEW | ||
Swarm Collection |
The Swarm Collection System click | |
| Preparing your Swarm Box click | ||
| Swarm Registration List click | ||
| Swarm Request Registration click | ||
| Capturing a Swarm – the Teams Way click | ||
| Picking-Up your Hived Swarm click | ||
| Feeding and inspecting a Swarm Colony click | ||
Hive Products |
to be prepared | |
Q & A’s |
In Defense of Icing Sugar (and IPM) click | |
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