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🐝 Our mission is to help beekeepers around the world make better-informed decisions.
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Only 1 day left to enter our World Bee Day contest 🐝🐝🐝
Leave us a photo of your bees in the comments below and you’re in!
#contest #worldbeeday #beekeepers #beekeeping #honeybees #bees #apiary #apiarybook

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3/4 of the world's food crops depend on pollinators such as bees - yet over 40% of 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 face extinction.

Apimondia joins @FAO to celebrate #WorldBeeDay and the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems.

#BeeEngaged #SaveTheBees

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Today is the day you’ve been waiting for!
On the 20th of May, the whole world celebrates Bee Day and here at Apiary Book, we’re ready to announce the winners of our contest😀🥳
Prize 1: Christine Greenwood
Prize 2: Miguel Lucero Rodriguez
Prize 3: Mark Lunny
Thank you, everyone!

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Do you use a personalized floral calendar? A floral calendar shows the approximate date and duration of the blossoming periods for important honey and pollen plants in your area. Creating one takes a lot of time, but you can do it fast and easily with Apiary Book.

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Beekeeping is full of surprises – some pleasant and others not so pleasant. How about hive robbing?
Some signs that help you detect it: a calm or weak hive suddenly has a lot of activity & a sudden increase of dead bees.
More advice with Apiary Book PRO: https://t.co/CWRb5HkxvS

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May is when the nectar collection is in full swing, and we love to observe the hive entrance. It's amazing how something so trivial can help us, beekeepers, understand what's happening with our bees.
Check out these beekeeping best practices https://t.co/BQWuin6dRJ
#beekeeping

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𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞❜𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭🥳
Share in the comments below pictures you've taken of your lovely bees to win🥁
Prizes https://t.co/0AWHI22093 #Bees

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Springtime for many #beekeepers is time to start new colonies and there are 3 ways that we can do it:

👉 Purchase a local nucleus colony.
👉 Capture a swarm from another colony: https://t.co/7VoD1Uz5qb
👉 By installing packaged #bees.

How do you start new colonies in #spring?

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Any beekeeper knows that moving a beehive is not easy or fun. Apiary Book has a special feature for migratory beekeepers. It's called "Colonies Movement" and it's an easy way to keep track of your cross-country journeys. Try it out today: https://t.co/4dDmiAxRJu
#beekeeping #bees

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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆?
🍀The bees are ready to get into full foraging mode.
🌞With good weather, nectar and pollen can come in thick and fast.
🐝 The queen will be reaching her greatest rate of lay
Read list https://t.co/toaVHFidh9

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This photo shows pupae developing into adult bees. When 10 days old, bees secrete wax, which they then use to build a honeycomb in perfect hexagons. Why the hexagon? It provides the most amount of space using the least amount of wax.
Credits: Anand Varma, @NatGeo Image Collection

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Community Help is a place for beekeepers to request or offer help to other beekeepers. At Apiary Book we are committed to making sure that beekeepers get all the help they need to overcome daily challenges specific to their activity.
Download the app today https://t.co/4dDmiAxRJu

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@lovemybees Yes, this is correct.

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The latest update of Apiary Book 6.3 is now available in Google Play. What's new:
- public profile QR Code for sharing info about you with your customers
- hive weight graph showing feedings and adding/removal of hive components for better understanding of bee colony progress

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The level of mite infestation can be determined by several methods, each with benefits, drawbacks, and limitations.
a. alcohol wash – soapy water
b. sugar shake
c. sticky board drop
How do you test for varroa?
More about honeybee pests & diseases here: https://t.co/BQWuin6dRJ

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The ABCs of getting started with beekeeping:
1️⃣ Study All About Bees
2️⃣ Connect With Your Local Beekeeping
3️⃣ Learn How to Set Up Your Beehive
4️⃣ Learn About Beekeeping Tasks
5️⃣ Gather Beekeeping Supplies
6️⃣ Order Honey Bees
7️⃣ Download Apiary Book https://t.co/4dDmiAxRJu

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Meet Monique! 👩‍🦰
She is a second-year beekeeper from New Zealand who has generously shared with us a detailed account of her first-year challenges.
Read her story on our blog: https://t.co/cIjgzIt2vG
#bees #beekeeping #beekeepers #community

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𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐏𝐑𝐎 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 📅
Keep track of everything that matters in your apiary with our amazing PRO features:
💳 Stripe: https://t.co/NIMf2vOvHM
💳 Paypal: https://t.co/l5MTickfIp
#bees #beekeeping

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Wearing a full suit with gloves, only a veil, or no protective clothing at all is your choice.
+ You can do these to avoid being stung:
🐝 Use a smoker
🐝 Inspect on a clear, sunny day
🐝 Place your hive in a smart location
🐝 Don't walk in front of a hive
🐝 Stay calm
@NatGeo

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Need some help with your queen rearing process?🐝
Leave it to the Apiary Book app to make things easier for you😉
Apiary Book has an integrated Queen Rearing calendar where you can find pre-scheduled tasks and the date when they should be carried out: https://t.co/faEbXuGx6a

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Have your docile, well-behaving bees suddenly turned aggressively defensive? Let's see what might be the reasons:
👉 Queenlessness
👉 A queen with more aggressive genes
👉 Hive Robbing
👉 Alarm pheromone release
👉 Inspectng too often
👉 Rainy weather with heat and high humidity