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Mar 4, 2021 32 min

Ep. 59 Talking beekeeping with Jennifer Fishburn

from Good Growing Hosted by Chris Enroth

Do you want to get started with beekeeping? Spring is the time to get your hive up and running. Our guest this week, Illinois Extension horticulture educator Jennifer Fishburn, gets into the details of how to start a beehive. Plus, listener questions: Can beehives be kept in town? When should you start a hive? What do you need to set up a hive and keep from getting stung? What type of budget are we talking about for a beginning beekeeper? Do you need to provide things other than what's in the hive? Water about water? How do you harvest the honey? How to transition mostly grass CRP into bee-friendly flowers? Is micro clover a good groundcover for bees? How do you keep your bee colony healthy? Should beehives be kept in the shade? Want to watch the podcast? You can on YouTube https://youtu.be/8hSLNLxn1jw

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