Honey bees live in colonies and follow seasonal rhythms. They overwinter in a cluster and begin foraging in spring. The colony divides via swarming in early summer to reproduce. Beekeepers must understand bee biology and seasonality to properly manage hives. Key factors include the castes (queen, workers, drones), parasites like varroa mites, and diseases that can be mitigated by strong colonies and integrated pest management.
This document discusses the opportunities and challenges of expanding a beekeeping operation from a hobby to a commercial business. It outlines typical stages a beekeeper goes through, from beginner to commercial operator. Key aspects of expansion include improving efficiency, understanding economics and honey bee biology, and determining the priority or purpose. The document also addresses acquiring equipment and bees, record keeping, apiary management, harvesting, extracting, marketing, and business structure considerations for expanded operations.
Seven Habits of Highly Successful Beekeepers by Grant Gillard, formerly of Jackson, MO, now living in Holden, MO. This talk was given at Monroeville, PA, for the Western PA Beekeepers Association on February 16, 2019. He can be reached at grantfcgillard@gmail.com
given in Fairfield, IL on May 20th, 2016 by Grant Gillard, a beekeeper in Jackson, MO. Grant keeps around 200 hives and sells honey at the local farmers markets.
This document provides guidance for beekeepers on managing overwintered bee colonies in late winter and early spring. It discusses four key targets for fall preparation: a strong population, young queen, ample stores, and healthy colony. Weak colonies should be combined or given resources from strong colonies. The document also outlines three scenarios beekeepers may face coming out of winter: all hives dying, some dying, or all surviving. It provides options for each, such as replacing hives, splitting survivors, and preventing or controlling swarming to expand operations. The goal is to have flexibility and resources to recover from losses and take advantage of successes.
Effingham 4 Frugal Beekeeper Grant GillardGrant Gillard
Beekeeping Lecture delivered by Grant Gillard at Effingham, IL on February 27th, 2016 on the frugal beekeeper. Beekeeping is expensive, especially for the beginner. But beekeepers are cheap, sometimes too cheap to really benefit from beekeeping.
This document provides advice from a beekeeper in Missouri on winter preparations for honeybee hives. It discusses evaluating hive strength in mid-September and combining weak hives. Mite management through treatments like ApiVar in August and formic acid in September is recommended. Ensuring hives have ample honey stores through feeding is also advised. The beekeeper details their process for insulating hives in late fall that involves wrapping hives with insulation boards to help prevent condensation inside the hive over winter. Their observations found insulated lighter hives unexpectedly survived winter better than some stronger uninsulated hives.
This document discusses the opportunities and challenges of expanding a beekeeping operation from a hobby to a commercial business. It outlines typical stages a beekeeper goes through, from beginner to commercial operator. Key aspects of expansion include improving efficiency, understanding economics and honey bee biology, and determining the priority or purpose. The document also addresses acquiring equipment and bees, record keeping, apiary management, harvesting, extracting, marketing, and business structure considerations for expanded operations.
Seven Habits of Highly Successful Beekeepers by Grant Gillard, formerly of Jackson, MO, now living in Holden, MO. This talk was given at Monroeville, PA, for the Western PA Beekeepers Association on February 16, 2019. He can be reached at grantfcgillard@gmail.com
given in Fairfield, IL on May 20th, 2016 by Grant Gillard, a beekeeper in Jackson, MO. Grant keeps around 200 hives and sells honey at the local farmers markets.
This document provides guidance for beekeepers on managing overwintered bee colonies in late winter and early spring. It discusses four key targets for fall preparation: a strong population, young queen, ample stores, and healthy colony. Weak colonies should be combined or given resources from strong colonies. The document also outlines three scenarios beekeepers may face coming out of winter: all hives dying, some dying, or all surviving. It provides options for each, such as replacing hives, splitting survivors, and preventing or controlling swarming to expand operations. The goal is to have flexibility and resources to recover from losses and take advantage of successes.
Effingham 4 Frugal Beekeeper Grant GillardGrant Gillard
Beekeeping Lecture delivered by Grant Gillard at Effingham, IL on February 27th, 2016 on the frugal beekeeper. Beekeeping is expensive, especially for the beginner. But beekeepers are cheap, sometimes too cheap to really benefit from beekeeping.
This document provides advice from a beekeeper in Missouri on winter preparations for honeybee hives. It discusses evaluating hive strength in mid-September and combining weak hives. Mite management through treatments like ApiVar in August and formic acid in September is recommended. Ensuring hives have ample honey stores through feeding is also advised. The beekeeper details their process for insulating hives in late fall that involves wrapping hives with insulation boards to help prevent condensation inside the hive over winter. Their observations found insulated lighter hives unexpectedly survived winter better than some stronger uninsulated hives.
Grant Gillard shares seasonal management tips for beekeeping at the Eastern Missouri Beekeepers Association, EMBA, in St. Louis at the Monsanto center for education. Topics include pesticide exposure, swarm management, neighbor relationships, spring feeding and other topics of interest to beginning and experienced beekeepers.
To keep bees alive, beekeepers should:
1) Always remain a student by continuing to learn about beekeeping through reading, taking classes, and learning from others.
2) Understand honey bee biology like seasonality and colony behavior.
3) Network by joining beekeeping clubs and mentoring with other beekeepers.
Prioritize strong, healthy hives by raising your own queens, practicing integrated pest management for mites, and focusing time and resources on hives that can survive. Keep thorough records to track colony health over time.
Honey Production: How to produce a ton of honey. NEOBA presentation by Grant Gillard on February 10, 2020 in Tulsa, OK. Principles of beekeeping that lead to better production for increasing honey yields.
Monroeville 2 02 16-19 beekeeping with twentyfive hivesGrant Gillard
Beekeeping With Twenty-five Hives by Grant Gillard, formerly of Jackson, MO, now living in Holden, MO. This talk was given at Monroeville, PA, for the Western PA Beekeepers Association on February 16, 2019. He can be reached at grantfcgillard@gmail.com
A Ton of Honey by Grant Gillard, formerly of Jackson, MO, now living in Holden, MO. This talk was given at Monroeville, PA, for the Western PA Beekeepers Association on February 16, 2019. He can be reached at grantfcgillard@gmail.com
Msba spring 2020 2nd year grant gillardGrant Gillard
www.mostatebeekeepers.org
www.gillardhoney.com
This presentation is on your second year beekeeping and how you approach keeping bees, which is different than your first year.
This document provides an overview of basic beekeeping for beginners. It outlines some key factors for new beekeepers to consider, including suitable hive locations, common hive types, acquiring bees, honey bee biology, protective gear, basic tools, and honey harvesting. The document also lists top mistakes made by beginners, such as not starting with multiple hives, opening hives too frequently, not recognizing queenlessness, taking too much honey, and failing to continue education beyond the first few seasons.
Getting Started in Beekeeping, presented at the Missouri Livestock Symposium on December 3, 2016 by Grant Gillard, a beekeeper from Jackson, Missouri and Past President of the Missouri State Beekeeping Association. www.grantgillard.weebly.com
Msba spring 2020 expansion options grant gillardGrant Gillard
The document discusses expansion options for beekeepers looking to grow their operations. It outlines key factors to consider like available forage, access, distance from home, and neighbors. Record keeping is important when managing multiple locations to remember details of each hive. The document also covers acquiring equipment, legal structures, marketing honey, and challenges of expansion like weather, time constraints, and balancing work/family obligations. Overall it provides advice on efficiently managing growth while working smarter through planning and prioritizing goals.
Great plains growers conference 6 grant gillard 2020 01-09Grant Gillard
#6 Expansion Options for more apiaries and bee yards. Taught by Grant Gillard at the Great Plains Growers Conference in St. Joseph, Missouri on 2020-01-09
Has 07 11-2018 small scale queen rearingGrant Gillard
Small Scale Queen Rearing by Grant Gillard, given on 07-11-2018 in St. Louis, MO, at the HAS, Heartland Apiculture Society gathering. Beekeeping and raising your own queens in your backyard.
Presentation to the Midwestern Beekeepers Association on queen rearing, raising your own honey bee queens for your backyard hobby or small scale apiary. https://www.createspace.com/6663403
Expanding your apiary by increasing the number of bee hives you keep. Discusses issues with multiple bee yards, or out yards. Discusses buying used equipment for sale.
"Me and Mel" power point talk, Grant GillardGrant Gillard
Mel Disselkoen pioneered a wonderfully radical, revolutionary beekeeping practice he calls the "OTS Queen Rearing: A Survival Guide for Beekeepers Worldwide." OTS refers to his on-the-spot method of queen rearing. Grant Gillard, a beekeeper in Jackson, Missouri, since 1981, adapted Mel's system and found incredible results to his efficiency. He found he was working smarter, not necessarily harder. Grant's web site can be found at www.grantgillard.weebly.com and his e-mail is gillard5@charter.net, Grant speaks at beekeeping conferences all around the nation. You may contact him at gillard5@charter.net to arrange his visit to your next meeting,
Beekeeping lecture delivered at Effingham, IL, by Grant Gillard on February 27th, 2016. Mel Disselkoen and his OTS or On The Spot queen rearing system are highlighted.
10 ways to get to know your bees better. Presentation given at the Holland Area Beekeepers Association annual banquet. January 23, 2016 in Holland, Michigan, USA.
Great plains growers conference 1 grant gillard 2020 01-09Grant Gillard
#1 What to expect when you're expecting honey bees. An introductory course by Grant Gillard at the Great Plains Growers Conference on 2010-01-09 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Barb Bloetscher - Getting Started In Honey BeesJohn Blue
Getting Started In Honey Bees - Barb Bloetscher, Ohio Department of Agriculture, from the 2018 Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference, March 6 - 7, Ada, OH, USA.
More presentations at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZBwPfKdlk4SB63zZy16kyA
theory course - beekeeping techniques and legislationBeeTogetherLux
This document discusses various topics related to beekeeping techniques and legislation in beekeeping. It covers different types of hives including top bar hives, Warré hives, magazine hives, and hives with single or double brood chambers. It also discusses best practices for beekeeping including hive and apiary location, frame dimensions, management during autumn and spring, using honey supers, and honey harvesting and processing. The document concludes with an overview of relevant beekeeping legislation in Luxembourg and details on eligible investments that can receive government aid.
Early Humans relied on Hunting wild animals and gathering vegetables and fruits, and in the course of their hunter-gatherer lifestyle they would have come across honey in bees’ nests high in the trees.
Grant Gillard shares seasonal management tips for beekeeping at the Eastern Missouri Beekeepers Association, EMBA, in St. Louis at the Monsanto center for education. Topics include pesticide exposure, swarm management, neighbor relationships, spring feeding and other topics of interest to beginning and experienced beekeepers.
To keep bees alive, beekeepers should:
1) Always remain a student by continuing to learn about beekeeping through reading, taking classes, and learning from others.
2) Understand honey bee biology like seasonality and colony behavior.
3) Network by joining beekeeping clubs and mentoring with other beekeepers.
Prioritize strong, healthy hives by raising your own queens, practicing integrated pest management for mites, and focusing time and resources on hives that can survive. Keep thorough records to track colony health over time.
Honey Production: How to produce a ton of honey. NEOBA presentation by Grant Gillard on February 10, 2020 in Tulsa, OK. Principles of beekeeping that lead to better production for increasing honey yields.
Monroeville 2 02 16-19 beekeeping with twentyfive hivesGrant Gillard
Beekeeping With Twenty-five Hives by Grant Gillard, formerly of Jackson, MO, now living in Holden, MO. This talk was given at Monroeville, PA, for the Western PA Beekeepers Association on February 16, 2019. He can be reached at grantfcgillard@gmail.com
A Ton of Honey by Grant Gillard, formerly of Jackson, MO, now living in Holden, MO. This talk was given at Monroeville, PA, for the Western PA Beekeepers Association on February 16, 2019. He can be reached at grantfcgillard@gmail.com
Msba spring 2020 2nd year grant gillardGrant Gillard
www.mostatebeekeepers.org
www.gillardhoney.com
This presentation is on your second year beekeeping and how you approach keeping bees, which is different than your first year.
This document provides an overview of basic beekeeping for beginners. It outlines some key factors for new beekeepers to consider, including suitable hive locations, common hive types, acquiring bees, honey bee biology, protective gear, basic tools, and honey harvesting. The document also lists top mistakes made by beginners, such as not starting with multiple hives, opening hives too frequently, not recognizing queenlessness, taking too much honey, and failing to continue education beyond the first few seasons.
Getting Started in Beekeeping, presented at the Missouri Livestock Symposium on December 3, 2016 by Grant Gillard, a beekeeper from Jackson, Missouri and Past President of the Missouri State Beekeeping Association. www.grantgillard.weebly.com
Msba spring 2020 expansion options grant gillardGrant Gillard
The document discusses expansion options for beekeepers looking to grow their operations. It outlines key factors to consider like available forage, access, distance from home, and neighbors. Record keeping is important when managing multiple locations to remember details of each hive. The document also covers acquiring equipment, legal structures, marketing honey, and challenges of expansion like weather, time constraints, and balancing work/family obligations. Overall it provides advice on efficiently managing growth while working smarter through planning and prioritizing goals.
Great plains growers conference 6 grant gillard 2020 01-09Grant Gillard
#6 Expansion Options for more apiaries and bee yards. Taught by Grant Gillard at the Great Plains Growers Conference in St. Joseph, Missouri on 2020-01-09
Has 07 11-2018 small scale queen rearingGrant Gillard
Small Scale Queen Rearing by Grant Gillard, given on 07-11-2018 in St. Louis, MO, at the HAS, Heartland Apiculture Society gathering. Beekeeping and raising your own queens in your backyard.
Presentation to the Midwestern Beekeepers Association on queen rearing, raising your own honey bee queens for your backyard hobby or small scale apiary. https://www.createspace.com/6663403
Expanding your apiary by increasing the number of bee hives you keep. Discusses issues with multiple bee yards, or out yards. Discusses buying used equipment for sale.
"Me and Mel" power point talk, Grant GillardGrant Gillard
Mel Disselkoen pioneered a wonderfully radical, revolutionary beekeeping practice he calls the "OTS Queen Rearing: A Survival Guide for Beekeepers Worldwide." OTS refers to his on-the-spot method of queen rearing. Grant Gillard, a beekeeper in Jackson, Missouri, since 1981, adapted Mel's system and found incredible results to his efficiency. He found he was working smarter, not necessarily harder. Grant's web site can be found at www.grantgillard.weebly.com and his e-mail is gillard5@charter.net, Grant speaks at beekeeping conferences all around the nation. You may contact him at gillard5@charter.net to arrange his visit to your next meeting,
Beekeeping lecture delivered at Effingham, IL, by Grant Gillard on February 27th, 2016. Mel Disselkoen and his OTS or On The Spot queen rearing system are highlighted.
10 ways to get to know your bees better. Presentation given at the Holland Area Beekeepers Association annual banquet. January 23, 2016 in Holland, Michigan, USA.
Great plains growers conference 1 grant gillard 2020 01-09Grant Gillard
#1 What to expect when you're expecting honey bees. An introductory course by Grant Gillard at the Great Plains Growers Conference on 2010-01-09 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Barb Bloetscher - Getting Started In Honey BeesJohn Blue
Getting Started In Honey Bees - Barb Bloetscher, Ohio Department of Agriculture, from the 2018 Conservation Tillage and Technology Conference, March 6 - 7, Ada, OH, USA.
More presentations at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZBwPfKdlk4SB63zZy16kyA
theory course - beekeeping techniques and legislationBeeTogetherLux
This document discusses various topics related to beekeeping techniques and legislation in beekeeping. It covers different types of hives including top bar hives, Warré hives, magazine hives, and hives with single or double brood chambers. It also discusses best practices for beekeeping including hive and apiary location, frame dimensions, management during autumn and spring, using honey supers, and honey harvesting and processing. The document concludes with an overview of relevant beekeeping legislation in Luxembourg and details on eligible investments that can receive government aid.
Early Humans relied on Hunting wild animals and gathering vegetables and fruits, and in the course of their hunter-gatherer lifestyle they would have come across honey in bees’ nests high in the trees.
These slides are from Robert "Bob" Borkowski's "Beekeeping 101" workshop, presented through the Institute of Applied Agriculture at the University of Maryland, College Park.
This document provides an overview of basic beekeeping for beginners. It recommends reading materials, joining a local beekeeping club, taking a class, and finding a mentor. The document discusses factors to consider such as hive location, type of hive to use, type of bees, and where to acquire bees. It also outlines top mistakes made by beginners, such as not inspecting hives regularly, not recognizing queenlessness, and taking too much honey early in the season before bees have enough stored.
Josh Gomez and Rosie Stonehill attended a 7-session beekeeping course in Coimbra, Portugal over 6 months. The course covered all aspects of beekeeping from introducing swarms to harvesting honey and treating diseases. Their tutor, Harald Hafner, is a full-time beekeeper with 200 hives who trained in Austria and the Dominican Republic. The document then provides details about the sessions, including learning about native bee species, equipment, hive siting, bee biology, swarming, diseases, hive products, and conducting a honey harvest. Rosie also summarizes taking a separate beekeeping course in Colmeal, Portugal that helped her improve her Portuguese and connect with the local community.
Emba march 9 2016 innovative beekeepingGrant Gillard
This document describes Mel Disselkoen's On The Spot (OTS) queen rearing system for beekeepers. The system allows beekeepers to make their own nucleus colonies (nucs) without purchasing mated queens, potentially quadrupling the number of colonies. It provides a simple, procrastination-proof plan for queen rearing that takes the stress out of management. The system also eliminates swarming and provides flexibility for beginners and experienced beekeepers alike.
The document describes the Bees Algorithm, which is an optimization algorithm inspired by the foraging behavior of honey bees. It begins with randomly placed scout bees that evaluate potential solutions. The best sites are selected and more bees are recruited to explore near those locations. The fittest bees are kept and the process repeats until termination criteria is met. The algorithm aims to efficiently locate good solutions like honey bees locating food sources. It can be applied to problems with multiple optimal solutions.
Urban beekeeping provides homes for pollinators like bees. While bees can sting, they are not aggressive and only want to collect nectar and pollen to eat. There are different types of bee hives like skeps, supers, and top bars that beekeepers can use to keep honey bees and harvest products like honey, beeswax, pollen, propolis, and royal jelly. Beekeeping requires tools like veils, smokers, hive tools, and gloves to safely work with the bees.
Organic beekeeping involves following principles of minimal intrusion and avoiding synthetic chemicals that could accumulate in the hive and honey. To be certified organic, beekeepers must develop an organic systems plan, keep extensive records for three years, and undergo inspections. Certification is expensive and certification standards can vary between agencies. Alternatively, beekeepers can market their honey as naturally grown following the Certified Naturally Grown program, which is less expensive and cumbersome. Face-to-face marketing allows beekeepers to explain their practices to customers.
This document discusses different types of beehive systems commonly used in Europe, including the Langstroth, Deutsch Normal Hive (DNH), and Zander systems. The Langstroth system is used worldwide by 75% of beekeepers and allows for easy inspection and flexibility. The DNH is based on the Alberti hive and may be too small for some bee breeds. The Zander system, developed by a German scientist, is similar to the Langstroth but with smaller frames and is recommended by some experts.
This PPT describes the parts of the Langstroth bee hive, perhaps the most popular hive design in use. The PPT starts at the bottom board, moves up through the supers, queen excluder, foundation, frames, inner & outer cover. This presentation also discusses feeding equipment, smokers, hive tools, veils, gloves and bee suits.
This document provides information on beekeeping and the importance of honey bees as pollinators. It discusses different species of honey bees used for beekeeping in India, as well as hive products like honey, beeswax, bee venom, royal jelly, propolis, and pollen. Honey bees are effective pollinators because their bodies are adapted for pollination through pollen baskets and floral constancy. Their managed populations can significantly increase crop yields and quality through pollination services.
Apiculture: introduction, species types and different methods of rearing of beesTehreem Sarwar
Beekeeping involves maintaining honey bee colonies in hives. A beekeeper collects honey and other hive products like beeswax, while also pollinating crops. Humans have kept bees since at least 15,000 years ago, and methods have advanced from crude extraction to modern hives and equipment. Honey bees are social insects that live in colonies and communicate through dances. The main honey bee species are A. dorsata, A. indica, A. mellifera, and A. florea, which differ in size, aggressiveness, and domesticability. Beekeeping provides nutritional and medicinal honey, as well as economic benefits through pollination, wax, and other products.
This is a talk I gave recently to beginning beekeepers. How to get up the beekeeping learning curve, what equipment you need, how to get bees, how to care for your bees, honey production and how to prepare your bees to survive over a long cold winter.
Great plains growers conference 2 grant gillard 2020 01-09Grant Gillard
#2 Getting Started - Your First Year Seminar from the Great Plains Growers Conference by Grant Gillard, delivered in St. Joseph, Missouri on 2020-01-09
This document discusses producing artisanal products on farms as a form of risk management. It notes that in 2013, value-added crafted farm products were a big reason that the author's farm had its best market year despite challenging weather conditions. The document provides examples of artisanal products the author produces, such as local sweeteners, soaps, and sausages. It emphasizes learning traditional crafts from others in the community and defines the role of farmers as artisans who skillfully produce high-quality goods. The document also addresses topics like food safety regulations and marketing artisanal products.
This document provides an overview of basic beekeeping. It discusses keeping honey bees for honey production, pollination, or interest in nature. Beekeeping can be done almost anywhere with the right protective equipment, as bee stings can cause allergic reactions. The document then describes honey bee biology, including the roles of workers, drones, and the queen. It also discusses common bee strains in the US and the needs of honey bees, including shelter, nectar, pollen, propolis, and water. Finally, it provides guidance on getting started with beekeeping in the spring and describes methods for obtaining bees, such as packages, nucs, or complete hives.
The document provides an overview of beekeeping and the honey harvesting process. It discusses that beekeeping involves maintaining honey bee colonies in hives and producing honey. To harvest honey, beekeepers need: a hive tool, smoker, leaf blower, wheelbarrow/wagon/truck, honey house, decapping tank, decapping knife, pick, extractor, five gallon storage buckets, and a pantyhose filter. The process involves removing frames of honey from hives, cutting caps off frames, extracting honey from frames using an extractor, filtering and storing honey in buckets.
This document provides an overview of beekeeping including why keep honey bees, the types of honey bees used, equipment needed, and honey production. It discusses that honey bees facilitate crop pollination and there are three categories of beekeepers from hobbyists to commercial operations. Local beekeeping clubs are mentioned as a resource for new beekeepers.
This document summarizes information from a presentation on native pollinators and their importance. It discusses various native pollinators like bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and their roles. It notes that pollinators are essential to many agricultural crops but populations are declining. Specifically, it promotes native mason bees as efficient alternative pollinators to honey bees and outlines their life cycle, nesting habits and how to attract them through planting pollinator gardens and providing nesting boxes. The document encourages steps to support pollinator populations for economic and environmental benefits.
The document summarizes information from the National Women in Ag Association's annual symposium, focusing on native pollinators like mason bees as alternatives to honey bees. It discusses how mason bees are more efficient pollinators than honey bees, requiring only 250 mason bees to pollinate an acre of apples compared to 15,000-20,000 honey bees. It also provides information on the lifecycle and nesting habits of mason bees and resources for inviting more pollinators into gardens and farms.
Beekeeping 101 provides an overview of beekeeping for beginners. It discusses why people may be afraid of bee stings but how protective gear can help reduce risks. The document then explains that honey bees are beneficial as pollinators and for producing honey, wax, and other products. It also outlines some of the basic needs for proper hive placement including access, sunlight, shelter, and a nearby water source. Finally, the summary emphasizes the importance of being a good neighbor by locating hives away from property lines and keeping bee aggression minimized.
This document provides lesson plans for teaching children about different farm animals. It includes sections on cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens. Each section introduces the key vocabulary words, describes the sounds and living environments of the animals, and discusses the food products obtained from them. Suggested activities involve drawing pictures of the animals, discussing food made from their products, and learning the vocabulary. The overall learning outcome is for children to become familiar with the different types of farm animals and some of the foods they provide.
This document summarizes the history and conditions of puppy mills. It began after WWII when farmers looked for other ways to make money and the government encouraged dog breeding. Dogs were housed in poor conditions without veterinary care or socialization. Lancaster, PA became a hub for large-scale commercial dog breeding known as puppy mills. Dogs live their entire lives in small wire cages and suffer from disease, injury, and genetic disorders due to the prioritization of profits over welfare. The document urges people not to support the puppy mill industry by buying from pet stores and to adopt, find a responsible breeder, or speak out against inhumane conditions.
This document provides an overview of basic beekeeping. It discusses keeping honey bees for honey production, pollination, or interest in nature. Beekeeping can be done almost anywhere in the US with protective equipment in case of allergic reactions to stings. The document then describes honey bee biology, including the roles of workers, drones, and the queen. It also outlines three common bee strains - Italian, Caucasian, and Carniolan bees. The needs of honey bees for shelter, nectar, pollen, propolis, and water are explained. Finally, it provides tips for getting started in beekeeping including timing, hive configurations, and considerations for purchasing an existing hive or package of bees.
Honey Production led by Grant Gillard of Jackson, MO, for the Will County Beekeepers on February 18th, 2017 at the Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center.
Impulsively Buying Pets
Many people impulse buy pets without properly researching their needs. This often results in unhappy and unhealthy pets that may need to be surrendered. Pets require long term commitment, love, proper housing and care. Before getting a pet, one should research its needs, get family consensus, and prepare housing and supplies. Responsible pet buying involves finding a pet you like, thorough research, deciding if it is a good fit, preparing properly, and choosing a healthy pet from a reputable source.
This document provides steps for taking care of pet rats, including preparing supplies like a cage and food, acquiring at least two rats of the same gender from a rescue, considering spaying or neutering, spending at least an hour a day playing with and socializing the rats, and keeping their environment comfortable.
Communications Skills for Environmental ProfessionalsSAVE THE FROGS!
From the desk of the world's leading amphibian conservation organization, SAVE THE FROGS!, are proven and instant ways to improve your communication in marketing, sales, fundraising, and journalism to increase your environmental project's impact and funding. Designed for the scientist writing for the public and popular media.
Vermicomposting is a method of composting using worms to break down organic matter into nutrient-rich humus. Red wigglers are commonly used as they can consume 50-80% of their weight daily and thrive in temperatures between 60-80°F. A worm bin with bedding, food, and adequate airflow is needed. Food scraps like fruits, vegetables, coffee grounds, and shredded paper are buried to be broken down. The resulting worm castings are a valuable fertilizer higher in nutrients than soil. With proper care, vermicomposting provides an easy way to compost small amounts of food waste.
Shifting the Workload to Your Livestock - Presented by Meg GrzeskiewiczDiegoFooter
Ranching will always be hard work, but it gets much easier when your animals are working for you, instead of the other way around. “Shifting the workload” on your farm requires livestock protocols that are often completely opposite from those of commodity cattle ranching.
This presentation walks my audience through the basics of selecting and breeding, evaluating and culling grass-type beef cattle. The reasons and research behind every recommendation are discussed. All of the strategies I advocate in this presentation have been proven effective on multiple farms I have worked with.
Learn more at permaculturevoices.com.
Honey bees play an important role in pollinating 80% of insect crops. There are several species of honey bees including the rock bee, little bee, Indian bee, European/Italian bee, and stingless bee. Honey bees have chewing mouthparts, antennae, membranous wings, legs adapted for pollen collection, and females have a sting. They undergo complete metamorphosis from egg to larva to pupa to adult. Honey bee colonies consist of a queen, workers, and drones with different morphologies and roles. Honey bees communicate through dancing, collect nectar and pollen through foraging, and produce honey through food storage and processing. Apiculture involves beekeeping techniques like using movable frames
Great plains growers conference 4 grant gillard 2020 01-09Grant Gillard
This document provides tips for beekeepers to maximize honey production. It discusses the importance of overwintering strong colonies, rapid spring build up, preventing swarming through proper supering and frame management, harvesting honey early and often, and considering moving hives to locations with better foraging opportunities. Unconventional techniques like artificially boosting colony populations through combining or multi-queen hives are also presented as options to increase honey yields, though they require more labor. The overall focus is on priming colonies for success through prudent winter prep and spring management to encourage maximum honey storage and harvest.
Over Wintering Nucs by Grant Gillard, of Jackson, MO, at the Will County Beekeepers meeting at the Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center in Joliet, IL on February 18, 2017
The document discusses various aspects of beekeeping on a budget. It provides tips for saving money through cheaper materials for hive covers and stands, reusing or salvaging wood, and choosing more affordable options for extracting and processing honey. It emphasizes focusing on highest value investments that provide long-term returns rather than just initial cost. Cutting losses on failing hives or equipment is presented as important for the overall budget.
The document describes Mel Disselkoen's "On-The-Spot" (OTS) queen rearing system for beekeeping. It is a three part process: 1) remove the existing queen and notch frames to encourage queen cells, 2) return a week later to squish excess queen cells and divide frames into nucs, 3) return after four weeks to ensure mated queens. The system streamlines workflow, simplifies management, prevents swarming, allows treatment-free varroa management, and enables large expansion potential without needing to purchase queens.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
How to Fix the Import Error in the Odoo 17Celine George
An import error occurs when a program fails to import a module or library, disrupting its execution. In languages like Python, this issue arises when the specified module cannot be found or accessed, hindering the program's functionality. Resolving import errors is crucial for maintaining smooth software operation and uninterrupted development processes.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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1. Back Yard Beekeeping – Where are we going?
Cape Girardeau Career and Tech Ctr August 17th, 2015
Grant Gillard gillard5@charter.net www.grantgillard.weebly.com
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8. “Teaching” Beekeeping
• At best….
– Introduce
– Acquaint
– Familiarize
– Present
– Shed light
• Like “teaching” how to play the piano
15. Our Purpose for this class
• To provide a brief overview of honeybees, and
• To introduce the hobby of beekeeping
• Such that a class participant may have enough
information to make a decision to start
keeping bees on a “back yard” scale
• **to assist anyone, if you want, after the class
to acquire equipment and bees, and get set up
16. Game Plan
• August 17th
– Introduction and Bee Biology
• August 24th
– Equipment Beekeepers Use
• August 31st
– Integrating Bees into a Season of Beekeeping
– How to set up, acquiring equipment and bees
• Next Step (no obligation)
– If you need help to get going
17. Who’s here today? Show of hands…
• Don’t have bees, never had them, thinking
about it. Maybe next year? Maybe not.
• Going to get bees next year, definitely
• Got bees last year, or so, have 1 to 2 years
experience?
• Have bees, had bees, more than 2 years
experience?
• Don’t like showing their hands!
18. Why is this important?
Why am I here?
1. “The bees are dying” – 30% average loss
(They’ve been dying for 150 years)
Every year brings a new threat
2. Beekeepers are dying, retiring
We need more younger beekeepers
3. It just gets tougher and harder to keep
honey bees, and keep them alive
(real threat is to our pollination)
4. We need the honey bee, 1 of 3 bites
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20. Considerations…..
80% of all beginners will have quit
within two years
To start each hive: ~$400 +
$250 for boxes, tops/bottoms
$125-175 for bees
(Recommend starting with two hives)
$200 for personal protection, veil, gloves
$500 for processing (second year)
21. A Caveat
• There are a thousand ways to keep honey
bees (most of them work).
• Every experienced beekeeper has an opinion
(not all of them correct)
• Start with the conventional basics
• Explore and experiment (natural, treatment-free)
• See what works for you, in your area
• Find a mentor / join a bee club*
– *4th Tuesday, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson
• Then choose your own path.
22. Reality
All beekeepers, new and old,
rookie beginners and seasoned veterans,
are experiencing dying hives,
for various and unexplained reasons.
“If you are in the
business of livestock,
you have to get used to the
idea of dead stock.”
23. Beekeeper Reasons Why Bees Die
1. Poor queens, poorly mated queens
2. Poor nutrition, protein synthesis
3. Varroa mites, pathogens
4. Pesticides (inside and outside hive)
5. Weather, drought
Overwintering Deaths:
Any combination of all of the above
“Never before have the challenges of keeping
bees been greater than right now.”
24. Factors for Beekeepers to Consider
1. Purpose in keeping bees
2. Place to keep them (children and neighbors)
3. Do I have the time? Timing?
4. Sting tolerance
5. Physical lifting
6. Necessity for absolutism, acceptance of
variables
7. Level of commitment, investment
8. Desire to learn, relearn, keep learning
25. Reasons Beekeepers Quit
1. Bees died, don’t have money to buy more
bees to refill hives, waiting for “someday”
2. Spouse/partner always knew this hobby was
a bad idea
3. Tired of getting stung, stings hurt a whole
lot more than first imagined, kids got stung
4. It’s hot work, heavy work, and tedious
5. Frustration, lost interest, bees swarmed and
didn’t harvest any honey, no time to mess
with them, allergic reactions, etc.
26. Cecil B. DeMille to Charlton Heston
“Stay in the race. I’ll see that you win”
27. Where we’re going in this class
#1 Understand honey bee biology and the
seasonality of the colony
#2 Understand how beekeeping equipment
works, picking up the jargon, the
language of beekeepers
#3 Understand how #1 and #2 work together in
this hobby of beekeeping (management)
#4 Understand how beekeepers work with the
bees and how we become sustainable
(personal goals, i.e., “natural” beekeeping)
28. Resources - Magazines
American Bee Journal (more technical)
www.americanbeejournal.com
Bee Culture (more basic)
www.beeculture.com
Advertisers and classified ads
29. Resources - Books
(Mark Twain) “The beekeeper who can read and
does not, is no better than the illiterate
beekeepers who can’t read.”
• “Beekeeping for Dummies” by Howard
Blackiston
• “Better Bee Keeping” by Kim Flottum
• “The Beekeeper’s Handbook” by Diana
Sammataro (4th edition)
• “Natural Beekeeping” by Ross Conrad
(2nd edition)
31. Resources on the web
• www.youtube.com – videos
• www.beesource.com a forum to “lurk”
• www.facebook.com lots of opinions and
ignorance
Beekeeping “Rule of 4/5”:
“Ask any four beekeepers a question and you’ll get
five different answers because one of them won’t
be able to make up his mind.”
32. Lots of free advice on the web
• Google: “beekeeping basics maarec & penn state”
• Free PDF download
• http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/agrs93.pdf
• http://www.thebeeyard.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/02/Beekeeping.Basics.pdf
33. Local Suppliers
• Buchheits – sells “Little Giant” kits, pre-
assembled (convenient, but you pay for
convenience). A little more expensive.
• Jackson Coop – was going to carry same
• The Bee Barn, Paducah,
www.beebarnshop.com
• Isabees – St. Louis www.isabees.com
Run by Jane Sueme and Scott Klein, carry the
Kelley line of equipment. Offer incredible
advice. Drive up and save on shipping.
34. Personal Resources
• Join your state organization or association
• www.mostatebeekeepers.org
• Find a local association or bee club
– 4th Tuesday, 7:00 pm, First Presbyterian Church
• If no local exists, start one, find a partner
• Find a mentor, one who will help you bridge the
gap between knowledge and application
• If no mentor exists, visit a beekeeper. Trick them
with, “Can you come over and show me what I’m
supposed to look for?”
36. Understanding Bee Biology
• Bees are bugs, we use various “chemicals” to
kill or deter other, unwanted bugs in the hive.
What’s the effect on the bees?
• Bees are social insects, not Lone Rangers, we
need to view the colony as a whole unit, a
single organism, not a “bunch of bees”
• Bees behave and respond to seasonal cues,
specifically nectar and pollen, and
pheromones, i.e., presence of the queen
• Bees do not need a beekeeper to
micromanage or train them how to do things
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38. Seasonal Rhythms
• Bees overwinter in a cluster, eat honey
• Early winter, queen starts to lay a few eggs
• Late winter, more eggs laid as days lengthen
• Pollen and nectar start in mid-March,
momentum builds, population grows
• Early May – colony reproduces itself by
“swarming,” divides and sends out bees
• Summer, nectar gathering for coming winter
• Late summer, early fall, queen slows down egg
laying, drones are kicked out, consolidation.
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41. Seasonality
• Overwinter in a cluster – “wiggle” and “giggle”
• Bees heat the cluster, not the whole hive
• Need feed (honey) (sugar syrup)
• Need “bee bodies” to stay warm
48. Castes – Division of Labor
• Three kinds of bees in a hive
– Queen (sexually mature worker)(more than one?)
– Workers (immature queen)
– Drones (parasites in a matriarchal society)
• (Who rules the colony, makes decisions?)
• Age-appropriate responsibilities: physiology
– First three weeks: nurse bee, house bee
– Last three weeks: forager, field bee
– Summer bees die at six weeks of age, working
themselves to death
49. Queen Dynamics
• Starts out as a worker egg
• Egg takes 3-1/2 days to hatch into a larvae
• Larvae (open brood) for 6-1/2 days
• Pupae capped on the 10th day
• All new larvae fed royal jelly for two days
• Queens fed a constant diet of royal jelly for six days
• Queens hatch on the 16th day
• Virgins emerge, fight, kill off other unhatched queens
• Then fly out to mate with 18 – 24 drones
• Come back and lay eggs for three years
• As her pheromones dissipate with age, superseded
52. What kind of bee to get?
• Start with Italians, maybe Carniolans
• NOT Russians (personal opinion)
• Queens are open-mated, diverse drones
• Disposition is different between races of bees,
and determined by the genetics of the drones
• No perfect bee, no pure breed
• Find a locally-adapted bee
– Works well in your area, survives
– Responds well to your management
– Raise new queens from this stock
53. Diseases and Parasites
• Brood diseases
– Situational to damp, wet, cold weather
• Nosema, Dysentery – dietary problems
• Remedies
– Maintain strong colonies with young queens
– Wait it out for better weather
– Feed artificial pollen, protein sources
– Insure diversity of floral sources
– Requeen with better genetics
– Antibiotics?
57. Management Options - varroa
• Do nothing, Treatment-Free, live and let die
• Acquire resistant, genetic stock, survivor, hygienic
• Chemicals, synthetic miticides, residues and
resistance issues, timing, side effects (epigenetics)
• Organic options, formic acid and thymol
• Natural treatments, powdered sugar, essential oils
• Equipment options, screen bottom boards
• Manipulate the colony
– Frames with drone-sized cells, freeze
– Remove queen, create a broodless gap, in which the
new queen grows, mates, …or let them swarm.
60. Small Hive Beetle
• Best defense is a good offense
• Keep hives queen-right, unstressed
• Keep hives strong with robust populations
• Don’t allow unguarded comb, consolidate
• Various oil-based traps in catalogs
63. Wax Moths
• Best defense is a good offense
• Keep hives queen-right, unstressed
• Keep hives strong with robust populations
• Don’t allow unguarded comb, consolidate
• Protect comb in storage with PDB or freezer
64. Mice
• More of a fall/winter problem
• Mice chew through comb, make a smelly nest
• Install mouse guards, ½” wire mesh or
entrance reducers
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67. Summary: Bee Biology
• Recognize seasonality
• Understand your purpose for keeping bees
• Work with the colony, timing of management
• Keep parasite populations at manageable
levels, use multiple approaches
• The bees have and agenda; you have an agenda
• Prioritize the bees agenda, then harmonize
your agenda with the seasonality