A message from a beginner to beginners in beekeeping.

[Erichalfbee]

I will stick my neck out and say that I would urge all new bee keepers to treat routinely for a year or two until they get used to reading their bees, then experiment and find your own path as you will. Each to their own but walk before you run. Learning the natural history of bees is a good start

Spot on. That’s my advice too.

 

[pargyle]

And mine .... I started my beekeeping journey being treatment free and I got lucky but I've come to more understanding as the years have gone on and if I was starting over - that's the advice I would be giving myself with the benefit of hindsight.