It makes no difference if you are a man, woman, or younger child, or a person with a handicap you live in the Big City, the Suburbs, or out in the countryside !

Honeybees are a joy to keep in the backyard simply for their buzzing presence and, on hot days, the smell of honey, wafting through the air within ten feet of the hive. They increase pollination in your yard and therefore increase your yields from fruit trees and vegetables. You may also harvest honey (gallons per year), beeswax, pollen, and propolis from the hive. Your own honey will provide you a tasty treat for your home table as well as a gift for relatives, friends or neighbors. I never knew of anyone to turn down a free jar of honey !

Your first step is to learn all about honey bees. You need to learn about the three kinds of honey bees that you will find living inside a beehive - the Drone, the Worker and the Queen. Honey bees are highly specialized and a functioning hive needs each of the hive members to perform their job well, or the hive will not survive and prosper. They must work as a team and be willing to sacrifice themselves if need be to keep the hive alive and thriving.

Some people develop beekeeping into a profitable sideline providing themselves with some extra supplemental income.

Beekeeping can provide you with a lifetime interest that will keep you learning something new everyday, as well as providing you with many pleasurable moments of relief from the daily stresses of living and working.

So .... let's get started to learn how to begin beekeeping. Check out the menu above and start out now to find out who lives inside that beehive and what they do in there. Many illustrative videos about various aspects of beekeeping are offered throughout the site.What should you do if you acquire used beehives ?Honey Bee News - [ Some bees are thrill seekers ]Learn about Top Bar Hive Beekeeping - a different way of keeping bees that is economically inexpensive and environmentally sound. Do you have a question about honey bees or beekeeping ? Visit our "Ask The Beekeeper page ! Check out our Bee Faqs PageHoney Bees need a good nearby source of water.