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4-H Basic Beekeeping Manual1

Malcom T. Sanford2

4-H Basic Beekeeping Manual (4H ENM 70) is an entomology project beekeeping manual that is geared for age 8 and up interested in learning about the beginning steps to beekeeping. Those interested will learn about bees and the colonies in which they live. It explains the reasons for keeping bees and tells how to get started in beekeeping projects. A guide is also provided to form a bee club so you and your fellow 4-H club members will become better beekeepers.

In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H 102.

Visit the 4-H Youth Development Curriculum Web Site for more information on related project materials.

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Footnotes

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This document is 4H ENM 70 of the Florida 4-H Youth Development Program, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agriculture, University of Florida. Reviewed January 2009.

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Publication Contact: Nancy Johnson, 4-H Publication Coordinator, 4-H Youth Development Program, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 32611.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Interim Dean.