Why Beekeeping?

Beekeeping is becoming an increasingly popular hobby all around the world – and it is easy to see why.

There are so many great reasons to keep honey bees. Producing your own delicious honey, maybe selling some of it for some extra cash, pollinating the plants and flowers in your own garden, and giving mother nature a helping hand, and just the sheer excitement of watching your own bees as they busy about their hive. Few hobbies are as rewarding as beekeeping.

Ask any beekeeper and they’ll tell you – the biggest problem with beekeeping is dragging yourself away! It really can become a bit of an obsession.

Can Anyone Start Beekeeping?

Unless you are allergic to bee stings, the simple answer is yes. If you can garden, you can keep honey bees. In fact, even if you can’t garden,Many city dwellers are now keeping bees on rooftops or even on balconies – there are more than enough sources of nectar in parks, tree lined streets, community gardens, or even outside florist shops to keep city bees happy.

In fact, many people believe that city bees produce more and better honey than those kept in the countryside, simply because there is such a constant flow of varied nectar from all these sources.

Rural areas on the other hand now often have large tracts of land with just a single crop which only flowers once per year, which is not as  good for the honey bee.

Beekeeping takes very little time – a few hours per week is all you need to look after your bees. And you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing something really worthwhile to help save the honey bee at a time when this wonderful insect is in crisis.