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Beekeeping Guide on How to Stop Killer Bees

Beekeeping guide to stop killer bees might surprise you. It doesn't mean eliminating bees altogether, as some may think, but instead by cultivating the good bees.

An Alarming Trend

People have become alarmed in recent years about Africanized honey bees. The temptation is to stop killer bees by passing ordinances prohibiting beekeeping in urban areas. But that would be quite a bit like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Hence this beekeeping guide.

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The Crucial Honey Bee

Bees are a crucial part of a healthy environment and play a vital role in a successful homestead. They pollinate flowers, fruits and vegetables and make everything more productive. And, of course, they produce honey. But bees got a bad rap when the Africanized honey bees - a hybrid of the African honey bee and various European honey bees came about.

How it Began

Africanized honey bees, or "killer bees" got their start when biologist Warwick E. Kerr was trying to breed honey bees from Europe with bees from southern Africa to produce a strain that would be more productive in tropical climates. Twenty six Tanzanian queen bees were accidentally released in Brazil. Those queens mated with local drones and an aggressive strain was unleashed in South America. The strain has now spread throughout the Americas and is now in the southern parts of the United States, bringing about a beekeeping guide to produce more gentle productive bees and stop killer bees before they take over the country.

In Reality

Actually Africanized honey bees aren't more venomous than regular bees - they just have a bad temper (they also aren't any more productive, by the way.) They're extremely defensive and aggressive, more likely to swarm, and can attack without much provocation. Just the sound of a lawn mower can trigger an attack. It is the fact that they attack in such huge numbers that makes them so dangerous and also makes people want to stop killer bees. But the best beekeeping guide to eliminating the bad bees is producing far more good bees.

Beekeepers Needed

I can't emphasize it enought. More domestic beekeeping is crucial to stopping the increase of Africanized bees. Join a beekeeper's association or better still, take a course on beekeeping. The trained homestead beekeeper can cull the queens of the aggressive strains while breeding gentler stock.

That way, you're not only pursuing homestead self reliance, you're also serving the good of man. What could be better?

More Helpful Information on Keeping Bees

A great source of beekeeping supplies, information and ready-made beehives can be found by clicking here.

Learn more about beekeeping with this e-book.

Want to learn how to stop the progression of Africanized or "killer" bees? Become a beekeeper! Learn how.

Build your own backyard beehive. Here's how.

If you're ready to have your own source of the most healthful, nutritious honey available, consider becoming a homestead beekeeper. Here's how.

A beekeeper can make money selling honey as well as a self-reliant source of food. Here are other ways you can earn income off your land.

Harvest beeswax to make your own bath products. Learn how.

Your own harvested beeswax can also be used to make your own candles.

Sell honey and other products at craft fairs. Here's how.

Bees are not only a way to a far improved homesteading garden, they are also industrious, highly organized insects. Learn about the different members of the bee colony.

Without the right equipment, beekeeping can be an extremely unpleasant task. Here is a list of the important Beekeeping equipment you need to get started.

The right location for your bees is as important as the equipment you have on hand. Here are some tips on finding the right location for your colony of bees.

Once you are an experienced homesteading beekeeper, you might want to increase your bee population by catching swarms. Learn how.

Do you think you're ready to start beekeeping, but you don't know where to begin? Here are some tips on getting started.

Is spring around the corner? These beekeeping basics will ensure your bees will survive the end of winter and produce plenty of honey for your this spring and summer. Read more.

To keep bees you need the right housing to keep them happy and healthy. Learn more.

Colony collapse disorder is a serious problem, causing hundreds of thousands of bees each year to simply vanish. Fortunately, we homesteaders can ensure bees will survive for years to come. Learn more.

Learn a low-cost way of building your own hive for in-comb honey. Learn more.

Bees normally will do just fine in the winter, but a little extra help on your part will ensure a strong, healthy hive. Learn more.

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