Are you thinking about becoming a beekeeper? Jesse Randall, ISU Extension and Outreach Forester, is here to talk about introductory beekeeping. Jesse discusses why he got into beekeeping, starting as a hobby, growing to commercial beekeeping.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach forester Jesse Randall suggests buying new equipment and bees by the pound to get started in beekeeping.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach forester Jesse Randall talks about where to place and how to put together a modern beehive on your property.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach forester Jesse Randall describes the first steps to installing bees into your hive: preparing the worker bees and finding and installing the queen bee.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach forester Jesse Randall describes how to gently place and enclose thousands of bees into your hive, provide their initial feeding, and give them a good start.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach forester Jesse Randall describes how to begin feeding your bees and what the beehive will need as it starts to grow.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach forester Jesse Randall offers tips for working with bees – including when you’re calm and have plenty of time, and when the bees are in a good mood.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach forester Jesse Randall offers tips for maintaining a healthy and happy beehive – including watching for disease and brood patterns, and making sure your bees have room to grow.

Splitting and combining is a great way to manage your hive population. In this video ISU Extension and Outreach Entomologist Randall Cass and Postdoctoral Research Assistant Ashley St. Clair demonstrate how to combine hives, do a walk away split and an easy split.

Requeening is a common task when it comes to beekeeping. In this video ISU Extension Entomologist Randall Cass and Postdoctoral Research Assistant Ashley St. Clair show you how to properly requeen a hive.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach forester Jesse Randall talks about safely separating your bees from the honey and harvesting the honey.

Is your hive ready for winter? Join our expert for a Q & A as he shares tips on keeping your honey bees safe this winter AND shares a few beginner-beekeeping tips!