Beekeeping

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Keeping honey bees is a fascinating and profitable pastime that can be enjoyed in several ways. You may want to keep bees for the delicious fresh honey they produce, for the benefits of their valuable services as pollinators for your crops, or perhaps just for the fun of learning about one of Nature’s most interesting insects.

You can keep honey bees successfully almost anywhere in the United States with relatively little trouble and a minimum of expense. This bulletin supplies you with the basic information you should have to get started. As a beginning beekeeper, you will need only—

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Beekeeping for Newbees

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ORGANIZATION	CONTACT INFO	WEBSITE	NOTES
Crockett Honey	480-731-3936 info@crocketthoney.com	Crockett Honey Co. | Arizona’s Best Natural Desert Honey Since 1945	Best Phoenix Metro beekeeping and honey source
Gilbert Prepared	cricket@gardenvarietybees.com	Beekeeping – Gilbert Prepared	Beekeeping-101.pdf
AZ Beekeeping Network	Facebook group	https://www.facebook.com/groups/azbeekeepingnetwork	If you’re going to join a group start with a network and branch out
Japanese natural beekeeping		https://www.japan-natural-beekeeping.org/	It’s a different and maybe easier way of keeping bees. Much cheaper start-up costs
FLOW	https://www.honeyflow.com/pages/contact	https://www.honeyflow.com/collections/flow-hives	The most efficient style of beekeeping. Also, really expensive start-up
Choosing a beehive type		https://www.almanac.com/beekeeping-101-types-of-beehives	The 3 major styles of beehives and how to choose your style
Beeprofessor		https://beeprofessor.com/types-of-beehives/	Additional info on styles of beehives
The Bee Space		https://thebeespace.net/warre-hive/	The most thorough Warre hive info. Easy to make and buy hive.
Dadant	dadant@dadant.com	Quality Beekeeping Supplies & Accessories | Dadant & Sons	All your beekeeping needs. Live bees shipped

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Garden Variety Bees