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'''Beekeeping''', or "apiculture," is a
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'''Beekeeping''', or "apiculture," is an [[Knowledge Points|amateur-status]] sage ability enabling the maintenance of honey bee colonies.  Bees are commonly kept in hives, so that keepers may collect their honey and other products, including wax, propolis, pollen and royal jelly.  These can be sold, used to pollinate crops or sold to others beekeepers.  Often the bees themselves are treated as "livestock," and are exchanged for fees.
  
The maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, in order to collect their honey and other products the hive produces (beeswax, propolis, pollen and royal jelly), the pollinate crops or produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. The location where bees are kept is called an apiary, or 'bee yard.'
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Characters with a beekeeping skill will not be dismayed by bees or hornets; however, the experience gives them no special combat ability against these giant insects.
  
Hives are boxes that are built with files for keeping bees. One hive typically consists of 2 colonies, or 16,000 bees per hive. One hive will require approximately 30 minutes work every 2 weeks to harvest and tend. A single individual may manage as many as 300 hives during the 4-month season, but this will require full-time work, all day, every day. This work may be shared out among others who are proficient in keeping bees.
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== Apiary ==
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The place where hive boxes are kept is called an '''apiary''' and sometimes a bee yard.  Hives are boxes filled with "files," which are sheets of wax in which bees build their cones. A hive box typically consists of two colonies, or 16,000 bees.
  
One hive will produce 3-6 lbs. of honey per season and approximately an equal amount of beeswax. The ability also allows the transference of pollen to flowering plants, in order to promote growth and greater ornamentation.
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Tending a single hive box requires 30 minutes of work every two weeks.  A single beekeeper may manage as many as 300 boxes during a four-month season, but this requires constant work, all day, every day.  One drawback is that there is a 1% per hive of making an error that angers the bees and causes them to briefly '''swarm'''; this will result in 1-6 ''meaningful''' stings that will cost as many [[Hit Points|hit points]] of [[Damage (hit points)|damage]], as well as the need for a day's [[Rest (healing)|rest]] to recover from the [[Shock|shock]]. This is why fervent beekeepers are sure to keep proficient apprentices at hand, to ensure constant maintenance in case a [[Malady Checks|malady]] occurs.
  
Characters will beekeeping ability will be undismayed by bees or hornets; however, the experience gives them no special combat ability against giant insects.
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One hive will produce between 3 and 6 lbs. of honey a season, and an equal amount of beeswax.
  
  
See [[Flowers & Sprigs (sage study)|Flowers & Sprigs]]
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See also,<br>
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[[Floriculture (sage ability)]]
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[[Flowers & Sprigs (sage study)]]
  
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Revision as of 19:28, 3 October 2021

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Beekeeping, or "apiculture," is an amateur-status sage ability enabling the maintenance of honey bee colonies. Bees are commonly kept in hives, so that keepers may collect their honey and other products, including wax, propolis, pollen and royal jelly. These can be sold, used to pollinate crops or sold to others beekeepers. Often the bees themselves are treated as "livestock," and are exchanged for fees.

Characters with a beekeeping skill will not be dismayed by bees or hornets; however, the experience gives them no special combat ability against these giant insects.

Apiary

The place where hive boxes are kept is called an apiary and sometimes a bee yard. Hives are boxes filled with "files," which are sheets of wax in which bees build their cones. A hive box typically consists of two colonies, or 16,000 bees.

Tending a single hive box requires 30 minutes of work every two weeks. A single beekeeper may manage as many as 300 boxes during a four-month season, but this requires constant work, all day, every day. One drawback is that there is a 1% per hive of making an error that angers the bees and causes them to briefly swarm'; this will result in 1-6 meaningful stings that will cost as many hit points of damage, as well as the need for a day's rest to recover from the shock. This is why fervent beekeepers are sure to keep proficient apprentices at hand, to ensure constant maintenance in case a malady occurs.

One hive will produce between 3 and 6 lbs. of honey a season, and an equal amount of beeswax.


See also,
Floriculture (sage ability) Flowers & Sprigs (sage study)