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  • Life in a Hive
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The Keeper

  • Why Do We Keep Bees? [+]
  • Types of Beekeepers
  • What Do Beekeepers Do?
  • Checking the Hives (Basic Tools)
    • Hive Inspection video
    • Tools
      • Bee Smoker
      • Hive Tool
      • Bee Brush
      • Bee Suit
      • Frame Rest
    • Health
      • Varroa Mites
      • Foulbrood
      • Colony Collapse Disorder
      • Nosema
      • Feeding
    • Queen Productivity
      • Queen Replacement
    • Swarms
      • Swarm Retrieval
    • Adding Supers
  • Harvesting Honey [+]
  • Protecting the Hive [+]
  • Record Keeping and Maintenance
  • Gathering Information

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Cells full of eggs.

Cells full of eggs.
© University of Manitoba

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Cells full of eggs. Examining a frame of bees.

Checking the Hives (Basic Tools)

Click here to watch the Hive Inspection video

The beekeeper checks the hives regularly to make sure that the bees have no health problems, the queen is laying enough eggs, there are enough supers for the size of the colonies, and so on.

He or she uses a special set of tools that makes working around bees easier and safer.

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