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Beekeeping (Indiana 4-H)

This project will help youth learn about bees and how to raise domestic bees. You will learn about the types of bees, the honey and wax they produce, the plants that attract bees, and the equipment a beekeeper needs. If you want to set up your own hive, you’ll learn basic beehive care, how to extract and bottle honey. Advanced topics include: increasing the number of your honey bee colonies, increasing honey production, producing special kinds of honey, and learning more about bee societies.

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Questions and Answers

4-H Beekeeping manuals, online only:

• Understanding the Honey Bee, 4-H 571-W
• Working with Honey bees, 4-H 586-W
• Advanced Beekeeping Methods, 4-H 593-W

Competition

• Indiana Young Beekeeper of the Year award program. Deadline: September 1, 2009. (The first place winner receives a $2,000 US Savings Bond (one first place bond per lifetime) second place gets a $1,000 bond, and 3rd place gets a $500 bond. Youth must currently be involved in beekeeping.)
• Beekeeping Essay Contest, sponsored by The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc. Due Date: January 15, 2010. Rules and Guidelines

Resources

• The New Starting Right with Bees (Catalog #924) book is available from the publisher, A.I. Root, at (800) 233-7929 or A.I. Root, 623 West Liberty, Medina, OH, 44256. Please note that the 2004 price was $8.75.
• Purdue’s Beehive website
• The Foundation for The Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc. website
• BeeCulture (McGregor's Handbook of Pollination)
• The Value of Honey Bees as Pollinators of U.S. Crops in 2000
• The Americanb Beekeeping Federation website