1. INTRODUCTORY
BEEKEEPING

2. You want me to be a beekeeper?

3. GETTING STARTED IN BEES
1. Location & Forage

4. GETTING STARTED IN BEES
3 “BEE ACT” OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Register apiary sites
Permit to Sell Bees and Equipment
Disease: Inspection & Control

5. GETTING STARTED IN BEES
2. Bees, Equipment & Costs

6. START UP COSTS Suit, hat, veil, & gloves $150. Bees (2 colonies) $400.
Tools (hive tool & smoker) $50.
Honey Supers (4) $100.
Extractor $300.
Uncapping Knife $100.
Misc. (Medications/Mites) $50.
TOTAL $1100.

7. GETTING STARTED IN BEES
ECOMONIC OPPORTUNITIES
Honey – 100 lbs/Colony = $400
Wax - .5 Kg / Col = $50
Pollination per Col = $120
Pollen = $20/Kg
Royal Jelly = $250/L
Venom = $100/gm
Queen Production = $20 ea
Packages & Nucs = $120 ea
Propolis = $300 / Kg

8. WHERE DO I FIND IT??
Bees: Dave Johnson – Nelson/Proctor Morley Winnick – Spillamacheen Liz Huxter – Grandforks
Equip: AB Honey Producers – Edmonton
Medications: Medivet – High River
Information: Lance (Bee Inspector)
Infobasket: www/infobasket.gov.bc.ca

9. Kootenay Fall Fair

10. Kootenay Kountry Honey Product

11. Kootenay Kountry Honey Product

12. Kootenay Kountry Honey Product

13. Kootenay Kountry Honey Product

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15. Kootenay Kountry Honey Product