Your first month keeping bees is almost here! Are you ready? This is what you should do the week before your bees arrive, the day you pick up your bees and that first month including: how to make syrup, how to feed your bees, how to transport bees in a car, how to care for your bees when they first arrive, what to do about varroa mites that first month and what to learn so you are ready for summer beekeeping.
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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
00:00 - Intro
01:00 Week before your bees arrive
02:02 Set Up Beehive
03:10 What to Use in your smoker
03:52 How to Make Syrup and feed your bees
08:17 transporting a package of bees in a car or truck
09:40 transporting a nuc in a car or truck
11:40 Installing a package of bees or nuc
14:40 How to care for bees the first month they arrive
31:10 What to learn in preparation for summer beekeeping
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