====== The Orange Blossom Beekeeper's WikiBee ======

Welcome to the **Orange Blossom Beekeeper's WikiBee!** A place where our members can collect and share our collective experiences and knowledge with beekeeping here in Central Florida.

As this grows, we hope this becomes a knowledge hub for our local beekeeping community.

===== Honeybee Biology =====

  * [[Honeybee Lifecycle]]
  * [[Bee Friendly Plants]]
  * [[Other pollinators|Other pollinators and flying things (Native Bees, butterflies, wasps, etc)]]

==== Honeybee Diseases ====

  * //[[Varroa Destructor]]//
  * [[Acarine mites|Acarine (tracheal) mites]]
  * //[[Nosema]]//
  * //[[Tropilaelaps]]//
  * [[Small Hive Beetle]]
  * [[Wax Moth]]
  * [[Foulbrood|American Foulbrood/European Foulbrood (AFB/EFB)]]
  * [[Chalkbrood]]
  * [[Stonebrood]]
  * [[Viral Diseases]]
  * [[Dysentery]]

===== Beekeeping Techniques and Strategies =====

  * [[Langstroth|Langstroth Hive]]
  * [[Top Bar|Top Bar Hive]]
  * [[Warre|Warre Hive]]
  * [[Feeding]]
  * [[Queen Rearing]]

==== Equipment ====

  * [[Start Beekeeping|Minimum Equipment Needed to Start Beekeeping]]
  * [[Langstroth Hive Components]]
  * [[Beekeeping Tools]]
  * [[Wax Rendering Equipment]]
  * [[Honey Extraction Equipment]]

==== Bee Products ====

  * [[Honey Extraction]]
  * [[Wax Rendering]]
  * [[Pollen Collection]]


===== Florida Regulations =====

  * Link to regs...

===== Guides/Notes for OBBA Member Authors =====

  * Try to follow similar and consistent layout throughout
  * Use media (images, etc) that are free to share ([[https://www.google.com/search?q=beekeeping&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjz1e_WmeHqAhVFsFMKHfneDUsQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=beekeeping&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAA6BQgAELEDOggIABCxAxCDAToGCAAQChAYUJ4YWJYwYLgyaARwAHgAgAG-AogBlBCSAQcyLjguMS4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=sF4YX_O9K8XgzgL5vbfYBA&bih=667&biw=1349&tbs=sur%3Afm&hl=en|like these]]) or your own photos
  * Use spellcheck
  * Do not plagiarize

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