New beekeeper here too… was my first year and we caught two swarms in traps we made and installed them into two of the 4 Layens hives we built. In Missouri we can have pretty cold winters, but not every year.
I’d recommend using insulated hives as it is much easier on both the bees and the beekeeper! Best books to start with (in my recommended order) are Keeping Bees With A Smile, and then Keeping Bees in Horizontal Hives. It’s not the standard American way, but so much less work and less stress. I’ve turned down several free hives because I dislike the Langstroth hives so much… why start in inferior hives, makes more work later to move the bees!
Oh, just read Honeybee Democracy, and highly recommend that book too if you have any interest in #naturalbeekeeping and #horizontalhives , good luck to you
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