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Beekeeping Basics
« on: January 26, 2014, 11:06:34 pm »
Beekeeping Basics;  this an excellent pdf file (link below the pic) for any new beek or for those who desire a refresher. if you feel like this sometimes:.......( :D )

link to the pdf file as of Oct 5, 2015:
Penn State Beekeeping Basics

also i have uploaded the file, click on the 'paper clip' below. 




then read this great pdf file from penn state university:

BEEKEEPING BASICS

the colony and it's organization
beekeeping equipment
starting with bees
colony management
managing maladies (pests, diseases, and control)
honey production and processing
pollination
handling beeswax and pollen trapping
floral sources

Check out the in depth contents from above described and pdf, lot's of great info:



this pdf is about 102 pages, but the nice thing about pdf files, print off the pages you want, or what i do sometimes is put the file on a flash drive and take it to my local printer, and have them print it off for me, saves my printer, and ink!

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Re: Beekeeping Basics
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2014, 08:56:22 am »
Very Cool! Thanks for Sharing!
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Re: Beekeeping Basics
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2014, 08:05:39 am »
Good resource, thanks River.

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Re: Beekeeping Basics
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2015, 11:22:13 am »
Link didn't work.

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Re: Beekeeping Basics
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2015, 11:56:37 am »
Here is a link to where you can purchase the full manual
http://extension.psu.edu/publications/agrs-093/view
This is a link to the 14 page sample
http://extension.psu.edu/publications/agrs-093/at_download/file
Like your user name badly stung and welcome to the forum and letting us know that Penn State changed there web sit and it broke the link
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Re: Beekeeping Basics
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2015, 01:00:53 am »
thank you apis!

badly stung, as apis indicated, penn state changed the link to the file. did a little digging and i have fixed the link and uploaded the file.....

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Re: Beekeeping Basics
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2015, 01:01:47 pm »
Thanks, it's a well written article.

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« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2015, 09:02:27 pm »
you are welcome badly stung, and yes, well written!
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Re: Beekeeping Basics
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2020, 01:10:03 pm »
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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2020, 12:20:47 am »
I have a bee friend who took this Penn State Beekeeping Basics. He said it's a good program and he learned A Lot!
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