Advice You Should Consider When Purchasing Bees

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In many cases, people are willing to pay you money to remove bees from places they are not wanted. 

Bee removals are a great way to learn about bees because you are being paid to take bees away.

Getting Paid To Get Bees

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If you are working with European Honeybees it is a good idea to medicate any wild swarms you catch for Varroa and other diseases.

Catching Bees For Free – Freebees

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Once your nucleus hive is strong, you can migrate it to a full beehive. 

Buying A Hive

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Buying A Package Of Bees

These will be shipped in a box, together with a queen. You can then install your package like this.

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How To Advertise To Get Known As A Bee Remover

Once you have removed a few hives and built up some experience, you can start promoting yourself as a “Beeperson”. 

I think this harks back to when we were a simpler society.

First Lesson

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In the early days, the bees would normally get angry, and I would get stung a lot. 

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ADVICE

At the end of the removal, give a little lecture on the brood, show the baby bees and the pollen and wax and explain how all that stuff works. People love bees. 

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