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    Do Beekeeping: The Secret to Happy Honey Bees

    by Orren Fox


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    Orren Fox is an 18-year-old beekeeper, chicken farmer, sustainable-food advocate, longboard builder and student. He grew up in Newburyport, MA and has been keeping bees and chickens for most of his life. He was a speaker at the Do Lectures USA in 2012. Orren is the author of happychickens.com, a blog on raising healthy chickens and bees, naturally. He has written several articles for Edible Boston, Handpicked Nation and has been interviewed for the Huffington Post.

    In May 2012, Orren was invited to the White House as the guest of Kathleen Merrigan, then Deputy Secretary, as part of a Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food event. As part of the event, Orren was invited to send his honey to Sam Kass, the Executive Director of Let's Move and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy for a 'honey show down'. The White House has hives and harvests the honey each year. Orren is also the founder of #beechat, a Twitter meetup whose goal is to gather beekeepers from around the world to share information and ultimately help bees.

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    Table of Contents

    Introduction 9

    1 Bee Basics 13

    2 Setting Up Your Hive 23

    3 Hive Basics 31

    4 Suited and Booted: Your Beekeeping Kit 39

    5 Installing Your Bees 49

    6 Opening Your Hive 57

    7 Feeding Your Bees 67

    8 The First Year 77

    9 Troubleshooting: Diseases and Pests 85

    10 Harvesting Your Honey! 93

    11 Recipes 103

    Resources 131

    About the Author 135

    Thanks 137

    Index 138

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    Honey. Drizzled over a slice of fresh bread… or eaten directly from the spoon… is one of life’s great pleasures. And with beehives springing up on urban rooftops, in next door’s back garden – even schemes for adopting bees or renting hives – becoming a honey producer seems… possible. So how easy is it and what’s involved?

    By sharing the journey of 18-year-old beekeeper Orren Fox – who clearly remembers what it’s like to be a rookie – you’ll discover that keeping your own honeybees is easier than you think. Find out:

    How and where to set up your hive

    The tools and equipment you need to get started

    The job of inspecting the hive

    How and when to harvest your honey

    With delicious honey-based recipes shared by talented and resourceful chefs and cooks, including Honey & Co., you’ll learn all about bees and their inspiring world of work and honey production. And may even be tempted to buy your first bee suit.

    Do Beekeeping is part of a series of Do Books designed to help you learn something new and motivate you to do it. A 5% royalty from each copy sold goes to the Do Lectures - sharing ideas to inspire action.

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