BEGINNING BEEKEEPING
DIY Tips
Raise your own Bees using chemical free procedures Every beekeeper has to learn what WORKS BEST in his own apiary this might be in the first year of beekeeping or several years, remember our planet and surroundings are changing every day
Building Community
We are here to help you with any beekeeping questions that you may have. It is best to start out with two Langstroft hives. Should you have problems with one hive and need extra bee's you have supply right at your reach to boost the week hive,
The Right Choices
Start out by thinking like a honeybee and not like a beekeeper and you will have a better chance of surviving as a beekeeper. Wild Honeybee scouts look for an open void of about 40 square inches which they can protect and control the temperature and humidity.
When you begin Beekeeping start out with two hives with a solid bottom board 1/2" side up. Use an entrance reducer with an entrance opening about the size of a quarter or 3/8" X 3"{no entrance reducer shown on this hive}. use wood frames with wax foundation. Screen bottom boards were origianly used to count varoa mites that dropped to the bottom in a 24 hr. period not for permanent use.
Almost all packages and Nuc's are raised on bees wax and solid bottom boards.
DIY Build your own beehives
COMPLETE HIVE KIT
Telescoping top w/metal cover
Brood Box
Solid bottom board
Inner cover
10 frames & 2 frame rest
10 sheets of foundation
Boardman feeder
Entrance reducers
Nails & Instructions
$110.00
HONEY SUPERS
Super
2--9 Frame dividers
9 frames
9 sheets of foundation
Nails & instructions
$40.00
We also sell assembled hives and supers. You can order them painted any color or stained with a water environmental friendly stain.
About Us
DAVID KELTON
I began beekeeping at the age of 13.
Here Im checking out a feral hive of
honeybees nesting in the repelling rock
at Comer Boy Scout Camp in Mentone
Alabama. I taught the Beekeeping Meritt
Badge there from 1964-1967. All
together I have been keeping or teaching
honey bees for about 37 years
I also organized the Alabama Master Beekeepers Program in 2010
Lynne Kelton
I begin beekeeping with David in 2002. Since then I have learned alot of beekeeping skills, teach beekeeping and The Welsh Honey Judging Class, speak to many different organizations, schools, and bee clubs on Beekeeping. I am an Alabama MASTER Beekeeper and the state of Alabama SENIOR Welsh Honey Judge.
Lane Kelton
I started Beekeeping in 2010. I help build the hives, work the bees, catch swarms, do bee removals and install packages and help teach beekeeping classes.
I am currently in the Alabama Master Beekeepers Program, working towards my Master's Certification.