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Beekeeping for Beginners is an e-book by Keith Gilbert. The e-book is proclaimed by the author as a complete guide that shows various steps you need to take to start beekeeping easily. It is aimed at the beginner and very simply helps you in starting an apiary through to more advanced beekeeping.

Beginner Beekeeping or as it is also known ‘How to Start Beekeeping Quickly and Easily‘, starts with the history of modern beekeeping that started with Charles Dadant, who is considered one of the founding fathers of modern beekeeping.  Camille Dadent, son of Charles, carried forward his father’s experience and wrote a book on beekeeping thus parting with secrets that he had learned from his father. 

Beginner Beekeeping, in an informative way, guides the reader on how everyone can start beekeeping, step-by-step, how honey is ripened by bees, the time to start beekeeping, steps to be taken if a queen bee dies. The e-book reveals:

• The kinds of bees one should keep
• The watering strategies
• The place to select for beekeeping
• How to remove bees & Use of smoker to avoid bee stings
• Plus much, much more

The e-book provides valuable insight into:

• The direction the hives should face
• How and from where to buy bees
• Easy solution to avoid and treat bee-stings
• How to safely handle bees
• The best place to store the harvested honey.

It also provides important guidelines as to which type of cloths to wear while working in an apiary, how to divide bee colony and more. 

The e-book, Beekeeping for Beginners, also defines the advantages of beekeeping.  Surprisingly, it states getting exercise as the first benefit of beekeeping. It reasons that as people get an opportunity to move out and get fresh air, beekeeping helps in getting exercise. Next, beekeeping helps in learning about nature. It reasons that as man comes in contact with bees and other natural surroundings, his knowledge about nature expands. Another advantage according to the book is the use of time in a constructive way. Instead of wasting time in watching TV or gossiping, time is spent in an effective manner while beekeeping.  Last but not the least, one can enjoy natural honey which is tasty as well as nutritional. One can also sell it and make a tidy profit. 

The author Keith Gilbert charges $27 for this e-book along with two free bonuses.  The first bonus is an e-book named "Beekeeping Quick Start Guide” that informs about things to be considered when starting beekeeping, list of equipments needed to start beekeeping, "best resource" list for purchasing beekeeping supplies, ways to acquire the bees needed for colony, to management and raising queen bees, etc.

Second free bonus is an e-Report "How To Extract Honey". This report gives insight into the tools required to extract honey, easier ways of extracting honey, and other equipments that are used if there is lots of honey to be harvested from multiple colonies.

This e-book can be bought online using Visa, MasterCard, Echeck, PayPal and uses 100% Secure Ordering System. It comes with money-back guarantee also.

Overall, the Beginner Beekeeping package is a very concise, intelligent, well researched and well written one. It is aimed at beginners to beekeeping but the information soon moves on to more advanced topics. So, anybody with a passion for bee keeping will find plenty of benefit from this fabulous product.  

The first step that is important for a beekeeping startup is to know the seasonal cycles. As there is no period during which the colony is fully inactive, careful planning of the timing or seasonal cycle is very important.  Flowering of plants, nectar flow are influenced due to seasonal change in weather pattern.  So, first check out the seasonal cycles before venture to start beekeeping.

Next step to start a beekeeping is to manage honey bee colony.  Honey bees generally build nests in a cavity where the combs are attached to the upper part. To manage hives, you need to manipulate the combs so as to adjust the space needs or to inspect the condition of the colony. Hence, a practical system is a prerequisite to start beekeeping that allows easy replacement and removal of combs without destroying them.  Knowledge of bee space also helps in construction of hives that separate the brood nest from the honey stores.  This allows separate access to each area.

Next step to start a beekeeping venture is to select hive.  There are many options like movable hive, simple package hives which have a screened box that has honey bees and a queen bee, fixed-comb hive, etc.  Whichever type of hive you select, it should be cost-effective and provide the desired result which is speeding up the process of obtaining honey.

Next step is to select arrangement of the apiary and placement of hives.  To protect bees from toads and ants, you can opt for putting hives on stands that are at least one to one-and-half foot above the ground.  Tall grass and weeds need to be cut so as to lessen the number of ants and other insects and to keep the apiary clean.  You should not place hive close to each other in long straight rows as this might results in drifting and may confuse the bees of different colonies.  This can also lead to transmission of disease.

Once the hive place and type are decided, it is important to have a proper gear to work with and equipment needed to start beekeeping.  As it is well -known face that bees sting, to protect from bee stings, the person working within the apiary should be well-protected.  A smoker helps in controlling bees and thus minimizes stings. A veil is important part of protective clothing.  This can be made of plastic screen or metal screen or nylon mesh or mosquito net.  A veil should cover full face as well as neck.  Rubber or elastic bands can be used to hold it in place or hold it over a hat.  The veil material should be dark as it limits reflection and help in clear visibility while working in sunlight. Gloves and loose fitting full body gown are a must while working in an apiary. 

Next, find a source of bees.  You can get them from a bee farmer or other bee keepers or local outlets.  Place these bees in hive and let the colony built.  Next reap the fruits of your labor by extracting honey and selling it to make a tidy profit.