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Want to learn beekeeping? Here’s what I would and wouldn’t do if I were to start over.
Wanting to start beekeeping? Learn from my first-year mistakes and successes: get hands-on practice before buying bees, choose mentors wisely, prepare 2+ new hives, practice shaking bees off frames, and prioritise disease spotting and inspection notes for confident, swarm-free beekeeping.

Jem the beekeeper
Jan 1, 202410 min read
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