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How to Start Beekeeping

By Chong Zi Xuan

This has sparked an outcry from the
public urging for more efforts to be
put forth to protect and save this
crucial species. One of the many
methods brought to light is the art of
beekeeping that has been severely
disregarded in the past.

Beekeeping is the art of maintaining
the population of bee colonies,
oftentimes in man-made hives. The
beekeeper otherwise known as an
apiarist will tend to the bees needs
Bees play an important role in our
and in return harvest the products
ecosystem as one of the major
that are produced by the hive such as
agricultural pollinators, vital for
honey, beeswax, and royal jelly which
maintaining a stable food supply.
are in high demand. This is a
Most foods and flowers we know and
mutualistic method as the bee
love such as lavender, sunflowers,
population will get the help they need
mint, almonds, squashes, and even
to survive and we humans will reap
apples are the fruit of these pint-sized
the benefits of maintaining the
creature’s labor. These tiny insects
balance of the ecosystem as well as
well-known for their hardworking
the bonus of bee-made products. For
nature are one of a few keystone
this reason, more and more people
species in the world. The effects that
are pursuing beekeeping as a
they have on the ecosystem are
profitable hobby. This may sound like
disproportionately large relative to
loads of work, time and money to be
their size and population. In recent
wasted on a mere hobby but don’t be
years, the population of this key
is courage.
species has started to dwindle
drastically due to the increasing use of
pesticides in the agricultural industry.

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