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Headings: Basic Beekeeping Operations
Basic Beekeeping Operations
Hive Location
Examining the Colony
Bee Stings
Requeening
Swarming and Its Control
Supering and Removing Supers
Feeding Bees
Types of Honey Production and Packaging
Moving Bees
Uniting Colonies

Content: Swatting at bees aggravates them
If you are stung, remove the stinger immediately by scraping it with your fingernail or a knife. Do not squeeze the stinger. This injects the full dose of venom into your skin. The scent of the poison often alarms and irritates additional bees, so either wash the wound site with a natural odor or apply a few puffs of smoke to mask the scent. Rubbing the wound only produces more itching and swelling. Persons made ill by one or several stings ordinarily should not attempt to work with honeybees. Evidence of oversensitivity to bee stings includes a sharp change in the pulse rate, difficulty in respiration, loss of consciousness, and hives on various parts of the body. Requeening
Many queens live five years and some up to nine years, but vitality decreases with age. The aging process is hastened by a high demand to lay eggs. Most beekeepers prefer to replace the queen before she begins to fail.