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I am buying my first house and have thought about getting into beekeeping as a hobby. I don’t know if I should keep bees in the same backyard that my son will play. How big should my back yard be for one hive?

There are a lot of books about Beekeeping, but I only want to study about bees and yellowjacket or wasps. We have different kinds of bees and wasps in my yard and I want to idenfy them.

Ok I was thinking on starting beekeeping in my grandparents back yard. I am planing on haveing a single hive with Italian Bees. No africanized bees lol. Their backyard is decent sized. I was wondering if you could tell be if it is safe. I have been thinking what could happen etc. If you could tell me what to look for, what could happen, etc. thanks,Tyler

the killer bees face the junk yard dogs at the team demolition derby at route 66 raceway

Package bees, are honey bees purchased by the pound. These bees come from Georgia and the queen is an Italian. I had a complete loss of my honey bees when it suddenly warmed up in PA during winter months. One February day, temps went to the 60′s and workers flew out… the temperature suddenly dropped, preventing their return. The bees remaining in the hive were not able to maintain adequate heat and could not reach the stored honey. These package bees are replacements for those lost bees. Backyard honey bee yards have declined 12% in the last 10 years. My studies involve the use of “survivor” colonies, bees that make it without the use of chemical treatments. By continuing with stock from survivor colonies, we will, in theory, end up with naturally resistent honey bees. If you’re interested in reading about our environment as impacted by synthetic chemical treatments, I recommend a book published back in 1959 titled Silent Spring. She could have written that very book today, regarding the honey bee.