Ten tenets for the beekeeper
There are ten ways in which BEEKEEPERS can become sustainable:
- DO maintain nest scent and heat within the bee colony
- DO overwinter bees on their own honey
- DO allow bees to build drone comb
- DO allow natural reproduction through swarming
- DO enable local adaptation of bees
- DO think beyond your own colony - about the whole local population of bees
- DON'T move bees
- DON'T re-use comb
- DON'T import queens or bees
- DON'T use prophylactic treatments
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