INTRODUCTORY BEEKEEPING
You want me to be a beekeeper?
GETTING STARTED IN BEES 1. Location & Forage
GETTING STARTED IN BEES 3 “BEE ACT” OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Register apiary sites Permit to Sell Bees and Equipment Disease: Inspection & Control
GETTING STARTED IN BEES 2. Bees, Equipment & Costs
START UP COSTS Suit, hat, veil, & gloves $150. Bees (2 colonies) $400. Tools (hive tool & smoker) $50. Honey Supers (4) $100. Extractor $300. Uncapping Knife $100. Misc. (Medications/Mites) $50. TOTAL $1100.
GETTING STARTED IN BEES ECOMONIC OPPORTUNITIES Honey – 100 lbs/Colony = $400 Wax - .5 Kg / Col = $50 Pollination per Col = $120 Pollen = $20/Kg Royal Jelly = $250/L Venom = $100/gm Queen Production = $20 ea Packages & Nucs = $120 ea Propolis = $300 / Kg
WHERE DO I FIND IT?? Bees: Dave Johnson – Nelson/Proctor 250 229 4765 Morley Winnick – Spillamacheen 250 346-3306 Liz Huxter – Grandforks 250 442-5204 Equip: AB Honey Producers – Edmonton 780-962 5573 Medications: Medivet – High River 403 652 4441 Information: Lance (Bee Inspector) 250 426 6049 Infobasket: www/infobasket.gov.bc.ca
Kootenay Fall Fair
Kootenay Kountry Honey Product
Kootenay Kountry Honey Product
Kootenay Kountry Honey Product
Kootenay Kountry Honey Product
Kootenay Kountry Honey Product
Kootenay Kountry Honey Product