Self introduction of beekeeper

I've lived in Kyoto prefecture in Japan.

ニホンミツバチのはちみつの生産者

I've been keeping about 80 families and gathering honey 500kg a year.

I've started beekeeoing for 10years.

So, a beekeeping is my precious hobby.

↓My house

I have over 50 apiaries,and the most farthest apiary is located in a place morethan30 km from my house.

I've been keeping a few families in my house.

Most of the families are in my friend's gardens and fields.

↓ My apiary in my fruit garden
畑におかれたニホンミツバチの巣箱

You might think that it is hard to keep because my apiaries are interspersed widely,

but I do not need complicated care for them.

The reason why I do not requre it is their tough nature.

The Japanese honeybee can endure disease and harmful things like hornet.

They need hardly any care.

All I have to do follwing things like this.

First, I set up bait hives in Spring.

Honeybees will move in that bait hives and live there as our pet.

As I said "They need hardly any care(our helps)."

So, we have to do only observation of them.

In Autumn, I will visit my apiaries and gather honey.

I can take about 5kg of honey a family every year.

Of course, I leave them enough honey to get over a winter.

I introduce catching swarm, taking honey, and so on in other pages.

Next page is about catching swarm.

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Traditional keeping of Japanese honeybee

Self introduction of beekeeper