Becoming a Beekeeper by Ed Erwin

4537 North Shepherd Drive,Houston TX 77018

02 October, 2021

Description

Want to find out more about beekeeping? This presentation will help you understand the basics of beekeeping. Beekeeping can be a fascinating and rewarding hobby. If you are considering getting a beehive and becoming a beekeeper, this presentation gives you an overview of the pros and cons of beekeeping. The talk covers a brief history of beekeeping, the types of honey bees available – plus dealing with Africanized Bees, Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), space and location requirements for an apiary, time commitment, and all the necessary equipment – including the initial investment costs. Along with the benefits of beekeeping there are also unappealing aspects of beekeeping. This presentation discusses many of these negative issues so the future beekeepers begins their new adventure with a complete understanding of beekeeping. Wabash Feed and Garden is a Houston institution. For over 100 years, we have been supplying feed, seed and farming supplies to Houston's early settlers and today's backyard gardeners.  While it is true we are a feed store, we are much more than that. We are a hardware store, a pet shop an organic herb garden and an antique market.  We are the only place in Houston where you can find holistic pet treatments, vegetable and native plants, natural pet foods, bird feeders, fertilizer and an enormous selection of farm poultry all under one barn roof.