How to be a successful Beekeeper - Prof Miriam Kindiki

Bee Farming in Kenya:
Bee Farming in Kenya:
Honey has been very popular with many people in Kenya.
This has necessitated beekeeping in Kenya.
Professor Miriam Kindiki shares tips on how to be a successful beekeeper in Kenya.
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[@abdiwalishek4343]

Thank you Prof. I have the passion and planing to start soon. Glad to watch your videos.

[@williamangela8659]

Bee keeping pays a lot. I started keeping bees using 25liters empty jerican. later i started sculpting the dead palm cut in logs of 3ft. then during the covid 19, i was introduced to modern bee hives, by Kaduna State Agricultural Development Authority (KADPA) today, i am happy that i don't buy sugar in my house. I have also sold a good quantity of pure natural honey and bee wax and made good money.

[@justinekipchirchirkibor1082]

I started making a log hive when I was 9 years old ,at 16 years I was able to harvest honey day time without gloves an overall .at 24 years I was able to remove honey without smoke iam now 30 years a muratina supplier in location and district 💔 ♥ my passion

[@lwazilweysta7105]

You seem like you have built a bond with bees beyond beekeeping. I would love to know that level of knowledge.

[@victormwirigi6176]

Sawa master 😂😂😂

[@dorothymiriti874]

Excellent job. I would like to learn more about bee keeping with a hope of starting a few keeping project. Kindly guide. Thanks

[@oluogunbanjo9114]

Nice work Miriam !

[@tomahawkmissile241]

was excited to see the equipment used or looking at a style of bee

[@anethshio497]

When listening to Prof. Miriam sura ya Gasper Murume comes to my mind

[@timemanagerafricaafrica7025]

Best Site and very professional. Keep it up profs. Very Educative

[@Toolever]

Good stuff Professors!! Learnt quite a lot

[@estahnjeru2860]

good job Prof. Miriam. Am truly inspired by you.

[@popoolaamos954]

Wow! I am highly inspired by my Prof. I am gathering momentum to start beekeeping in Nigeria.

[@brightpossible1562]

Thanks so much for the education

[@mosesmbatha4746]

Thnaks

[@portalsofsamadhi]

Thanks

[@kelseyndaka6991]

good work 👏👏

[@ogbaselassietewolde9218]

It's interesting

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[@moseskimani4525]

I am so excited to come across the innovation/modification that the Kindiki's have made to the Langstroth. That's really, really exciting. I have two follow-up questions for the Kindiki's: Q1: Where does one position the brooder section of the modified Langstroth, with relativity to the opening/entrance of the hive - closest or farthest from the opening? Q2: Supposing one were using the KTBH and wanted to retain the wax in the comb, similar to the Langstroth, is it permissible for the farmer to create a frame and add the guide wire? Would that work? Thanks for the very informative video, Farm Kenya Team!

[@collegeguy14]

You have the brood at the front entrance. Honey is stored in the back. If you help build your hive population where the front entrance is not enough make another entrance back where the honey is thus the field bees harvesting nectar can skip the brood nest and deliver honey more efficiently. Feed your hives 1:1 sugar water to help them draw frames quickly when they get started so they can then store more resources including honey. Yes you can make your own frames with wire, personally it’s easier to use fishing line. If you can find 20 lbs test line works extremely well. Feed feed feed to help grow tour hives quickly and efficiently. If you do you will be able to split your hives and produce more bees thus more honey rapidly. Do everything you can not to destroy your comb when extracting the honey. Interesting fact. It takes almost 8 lbs of honey for the bees to produce 1 lbs of wax! In the USA honey is worth way more than the wax. We don’t want bees using that expensive honey to make wax so we supplement them with sugar water. Best of luck! Try beekeeping you will enjoy it! Especially if you can build your own stuff!

[@Lewiezkirimi-uk6fp]

I am in tharaka nithi,and am a trainer in the upper area muthambi and I would like to join you to improve it in our area tnc

[@sammysabwe3992]

Where can I get a best bee suit?

[@githekojunior3448]

The Langstroth hive has problems that can destroy the entire project. The modification really helps.

[@abigailorbunde8401]

Please I am interested in apiculture and modern honey processing technology. Where can a receive a quality short course in Nairobi

[@collegeguy14]

I would be curious if the netting the prof was using to prevent the queen from going into the honey supper was large enough for any bee to pass into the supper? Did you ever witness any bees upstairs? Bees only draw comb when they need the space, applying frames for them to draw comb when there is not a honey flow happening they will never start to draw the frames until they are either fed or the honey flow hits. Feed tour bees build all the comb you can to store that valuable honey. Comb will alway be your limiting factor as a beekeeper. It is the gold that a colony produces and should be valued and protected from damage of any kind, wax moth of mechanical. If you like selling cut comb honey. Only do it if you can charge a premium for your product . Interesting fact roughly 8 lbs of honey the bees have to use to make 1 lbs of wax. Not a good trade off Good luck I hope beekeeping takes off

[@gladysmoraa9430]

I'm a kisii from kisii county. In my big house ,the bees have stayed in the ceiling for more than four years,on store, they have occupied, I have tried to put them away but in vain.Advice please.

[@nalugoanet3503]

It is gd

[@DaviesMatep]

How do you know it's ready for harvest

[@collegeguy14]

When the honey is capped off in the cells. Do not Harvest uncapped honey unless you will consume it quickly. Uncapped honey is not ripe. That means it can ferment in the bottle once harvested and make people sick, or you could turn it into alcohol at that point. Good luck sir

[@joshuamudde4064]

i would like to inquire if i can keep bees in mango plantation how much is a top bar hive

[@princenephron7546]

GTS

[@collegeguy14]

Make your own out of scrap wood, nothing has to be fancy. Bees will live in almost anything as long as it is dry and not to hot. Good luck it’s a lot of fun!

[@walternyabaro6602]

@@collegeguy14 havesting will be a challenge trust me

[@marinoenyanessuman1311]

Yes, you can keep bees in a mango plantation. The prices of the top bar hives varies. Every carpenter will charge you differently depending on the type of wood and the quantity of hives you are buying. In Ghana, carpenters may charge you from 200cedis to 300cedis

[@buibuwambui6080]

What is your location?

[@xobile.123]

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[@annwachira7683]

Can I do beekeeping in a tea zone?

[@collegeguy14]

Why would you worry about keeping bees in a tea zone? What would the limitations be?

[@annwachira7683]

@@collegeguy14 basically there is a norton that beekeeping does poorly in cold zones and that those zones have chemicals due to coffee spraying.

[@collegeguy14]

Cold zones, (Canada) comes to mind for me. 6 months or better for winter and they keep bees. Now they bring them inside over the winter and store them around 50 degrees to keep the hives from freezing out. The tea zone, I would be curious what they are spraying. If they are spraying durning the bloom while they need bees and other pollinators for their tea trees. They are idiots. I know with tea trees they harvest the leaves but hopefully what they are spraying they don’t spray while the plants are flowering. That’s when you would get into trouble. Personally I would move the bees when you know the farmers are going to be spraying if that is an option. If the whole region is tea then that may not be an option. You can add extra space to your bed hive with good ventilation and literally lock your bees in the hives with screen mesh for a couple weeks if you needed to, while supplying sugar water and hopefully pollen supplement. Or you could just play it out and see how it works without any action on your part. Beekeeping in the cold is more challenging but certainly obtainable. Best of luck. Get out there and try. If I can ever offer advise I would enjoy doing so. Thank you

[@matrixdexter270]

i thought it takes time,like half an year to have a strong hive..

[@RaySarasin]

In one month a hive be strong but you need a good queen also

[@collegeguy14]

It all depends on what you start with the time frame to make a “strong hive”. By that I assume you mean a hive you can harvest honey from? You can feed your bees to get them started. Feed sugar water that helps them draw out their combs. Helps build the hive much faster than them collecting their own resources. Good luck get out there and try it

[@motoernest7890]

How do you make them your friend so that they don't attack you

[@collegeguy14]

Smoke helps a lot. Raising bees around a lot of activity and not bother them or allowing anything else to bother them helps tremendously to keep them calm. Angry bees maybe bees that are constantly bother by someone or something outside the hive, or they are poor genetic bees and you should replace the queen to make the hive more friendly.

[@motoernest7890]

@@collegeguy14 Thank you. So raising then in a busy invoromnet helps. I should then try to make the environment sound the hives busy St the same time make sure that I don't inconvenience then is a charm you say. Sounds ironic though.

[@collegeguy14]

Please don’t take my advise to mean you would never get stung, I have 12 hives right now in a small back yard. My children and neighbors children play in the yard shared with the bee hives. Now I make sure they do not make contact with the hives or hit the hives with anything they would be asking for trouble. But yes I think bees are highly adaptable. So if the hive is not bothered then the bees themselves should not be bothered after being raised in that said environment. I started with very small hives and grew them here in the yard. I make my own small splits so the bees are used to be getting into them and used to having lawn mowers weed eaters and children playing around them with no damage or stress applied to the hive durning those activities. So thus far no Stings from the bees to anyone other than myself when I am inspecting the inside of the hives. Start small and I bet you enjoy the experience!

[@hezkeymurigi7711]

Excellent prof

[@user-rd5dr1tb3h]

how can buy honey from Africa ?

[@walterogada8525]

If you need to import pure honey from Kenya, please let me know.

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[@sharonransomed9315]

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