by crossmedia | May 10, 2021 | Best Practices, Getting started
Beekeeping Equipment Protective Equipment: In case you hadn’t realized, Bees Sting!! The reactions to these stings can vary, depending on the susceptibility of each individual to bee venom. It is, therefore, important that you wear personal protective...
by crossmedia | Apr 1, 2021 | Getting started
When people hear the word bees, they automatically think about honey. There are more useful products in a beehive that the bees produce in addition to honey. These include propolis, royal jelly, beeswax and pollen. Honey Honey is made from the nectar collected...
by crossmedia | Mar 31, 2021 | Getting started
The natural colour spectrum of honey can vary from light amber to even black. It is dependent on several different factors such as: -Mineral and ash content (higher levels result in a darker honey) -Pollen content -Plant origin -Geographical origin -Temperature...
by crossmedia | Jan 13, 2021 | Best Practices, Getting started
Since around the beginning of 2019, the larger Barbadian public has been made aware of a developing beekeeping industry on the island. However, few people know that it had been a decade before then that the Barbados Beekeepers Association (now the Barbados Apicultural...
by crossmedia | Jan 13, 2021 | Getting started
The beekeeping industry of Barbados has attracted more than its fair share of investors as well as assistance from out-of-town participants. In September 2019 Argentine experts provided training for beekeepers in Barbados (as well as in Dominica) as part of API...
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