Beekeeping in different areas of the world



Many areas in the world are producers of honey and beeswax for medicinal and food purposes. You'll find a lot of beekeeping in the United States, Asia, Africa, and some parts of Europe. Since beekeeping had originated in Europe and had been modernized in the United States, the way it's done is different and the way it's taught is different as well. Yet this is a very interesting way to see how different cultures train someone to do beekeeping as a way of life and part of the culture. The cool thing is that honey is used for mostly food in so many cultures that use it in religious and celebratory occasions when preparing certain concoctions or meals and honey is used to sweeten it. Americans are usually in the business of beekeeping to produce honey for the supermarket and for shipment overseas to markets and countries that don't have beekeeping businesses that is advanced enough to mass produce the necessary amount to ship overseas to stores owned and operated in the United States like Whole Foods Market when they carry specific brands.

Most countries overseas don't have the system the way the United States does to mass produce a single product like honey since we managed to harvest effectively so we can produce enough to meet the needs of the market until the season to produce starts again in the spring since bees are inactive during the winter months and start again in late March early April when the mating season for bees is fresh and flowers are in abundance for them to feed and pollinate on. The U.S. alone turns out the majority of the honey that's used when they provide to supermarkets owned by American based companies to their stores and restaurants overseas.

Beekeepers could be observing hives every 7 to 8 days generally making it the ideal time on the weekend to pass time. Hives don't need a lot of maintaining just an hour a day between the peak season around May to September. A good season can produce for a keeper 60-100 pounds of honey and depending on how much the buyer charges by the pound that's what you go by to what you'll make for every harvest you get.

The most common annoyance to beekeepers during their harvesting and maintenance of the hives are bumblebees these are the big ugly black and yellow bees that are seen going through the flowers honey bees have already visited and these bees live underground so they can be an annoyance to beekeepers when they swarm from the ground up. Many beekeepers will move their hives around which is called migratory which is one of the secrets to increase honey production and giving bees a fresh supply of flowers to pollinate and feed from so they can produce different variations and batches of honey.

Each batch produced can differ with each pollination or when hives are rotated and bees go to different flowers so that's why sometimes honey may have distinct taste since it's the type of flowers available to them at the time of migration.




Comments

*Name:
*Email:
Website URL:
Title / Subject:
Hide my email
*Comments:
*
 



Menu


My Articles

The History Of Beekeeping
Training To Be A Beekeeper
California's Almond Orchards
How To Make A Honey Extractor
How To Market Your Honey
The Science And Technology Of Beekeeping
Family Owned Beekeeping Companies
Starting Your Own Beekeeping Business
Beekeeping In Different Areas Of The World
The Things A Beekeeper Uses
The Life Cycle Of The Honey Bee
Selling Honey To A Local Market
Harvesting The Honey
Packaging Your Honey
The Biology Of Bees
Transferring Your Bees To Their New Home
Swarming
Honey
History Of Beekeeping
Beekeeping Equipment
Beekeeping And The Apple Orchards
Curbside Honey Sales
Processing Raw Honey

My Articles


History Of Beekeeping Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of food production dating..


Harvesting The Honey Obviously the whole reason to set up, maintain, and stock a..


Honey Honey bees spend their entire life pollinating flowers and making honey...


Swarming The springtime is the time when honeybees reproduce. The natural means of..



Related Videos:

Related News:

 
No item elements found in rss feed.