• What is VSH
  
  
• Selection for VSH
  
  
• VSH Breeders Forum
  
  
• VSH in the News
  
  
• USDA Honey Bee Breeding Lab
  
  
• VSH versus Varroa
  
  
• VSH performance tests
  
  
• VSH in Wikipedia
  
  
• VSH Bibliography
  

Beginning Right in Beekeeping

Everything you need to be a beekeeper

What you need to get started

• A little knowledge, books, videos, clubs, websites , beginners forum
• A standard hive body with frames
• A purchased package of bees with a queen, or a caught swarm
• Protective clothing and bee veil
• Bee smoker and hive tool

Where to locate your beehive

• Urban beekeepers
• Backyard beekeepers
• Crop pollination

What type of bees are best for you

• Organic beekeeping with disease resistant honey bees
• Non-organic beekeeping

How to open and work a beehive

• Dressing right to avoid bee stings
• Lighting a bee smoker
• Opening a hive with a hive tool
• Inspecting the honeycombs
• How to find the queen

How and when to harvest your honey

• Removing ripened honey combs
• Extracting honey