Pickers who are Bee Keepers

David Beckner · From: Kentucky, USA

Just wondered if any one else is into this hobby.
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Les Anderson · From: The Great White North

Yup, however, as of last year, someone else is looking after the colony.

David Beckner · From: Kentucky, USA

I used to help my uncle when I was a teen. However now in my 40's I am looking forward to getting into the hobby myself. And have been busy as a BEE (pun intended ) to find information.
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David Nugent · From: Gum Spring, Va.

I was in the hobby (business) for a number of years. Be advised, it is a great deal of work so you may want to start with one colony (apiary) and add as you go. Feel free to e-mail any questions you may have, I will do my best to help.

David Beckner · From: Kentucky, USA

Thanks David. I didnt know how much of a forgotten past this hobby seems to be until I started . I am currently building my supers and plan on 3 - 4 colonies. It is hard around here to find any books , literature etc. - even the local library isnt very helpful.
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Frank Montmarquet · From: The North Coast, New York, USA

My wife started with 2 hives last year. I help out as needed.

Billy Tonnesen · From: R.I.P., Buena Park, California

Played for a Wedding once in So.Pasadena, Ca. where the Groom lived and also had Bee Hives where he would bottle the honey and sell it from his house. That was the best Honey I had ever eaten. It was an afternoon gig in the Garden but fortunately the Bees stayed in their designated area of Hives.
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Jerry Warner · From: Charleston, West Virginia, USA

Honey bee's are fun and good to work with and man that honey is so good but it's alot of work to keep to keep the hive's strong.

Erik Alderink · From: Ann Arbor Michigan, USA

I live on a private airstrip named "Honey Acres" where we keep about 1000+ hives going.
I admit, I do very little of the actual bee keeping, but I eat a lot of the honey!

David Beckner · From: Kentucky, USA

I was able to find a few back issues of a magazine .There were some interesting articles about almond and orchard farming and how bees were used to pollinate and help to insure a crop. Must say they are some interesting little bugs.
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PEAVEY DELTA FEX
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Doyle Mitchell · From: Loraine, Texas

I kept bees for 15 years here in west Texas and loved every minute of it, and loved the honey even more. I had about 45 hives up until last year and gave them all to another bee keeper. The problem here is that the Africanized bees are taking over and after three serious attacks on me I decided enough was enough. Even my domestic gentle bees turned so mean I could hardly work them Crying or Very sad

,even after replacing the queens , so now I just go and remove bees that are attacking other people and their homes whenever the Sheriffs dept. or PD call for help. Removed and terminated two very large wild hives yesterday that attacked several people on a deer hunting lease. Good luck with your hobby, it can be a lot of fun, but here in Texas in can also be deadly. Have fun Very Happy

David Beckner · From: Kentucky, USA

Thanks for the reply Doyle.although a few africanized colonies are sporatic and turn up here and there , it seems like the greatest issue facing me - as I have been told are neighboring farming operations which use insecticides and herbicides , chemicals such as these can play havoc with a starting colony - or so I am told.
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Doyle Mitchell · From: Loraine, Texas

David we raise a lot of cotton here, which is really great honey, cotton honey and mesquite honey are two of my favorites, but a few years back the state started a boll weavil eradication program here and all cotton farmers had to participate, they poisened the boll weavils by air plane on all cotton crops at the same time of year that the bees were working the cotton blossoms, thats when my bee hives started dying out, I was losing thousands of bees to poisen. Then we had some kind of hive weavil attack the colonies that tore its way through the wax destroying the hive, pretty soon it became more work to keep up with the hives than I was willing to invest in it, now it is fire ants that have become another major problem. But hopefully where you are at these problems will not plague you. But my friend please remember... if you get Africanized bees in your area... be careful and never work them without full bee gear... we have had several people killed from these little monsters.. they are no more venomus than any other bee but they attack by the thousands as to where the domestic hive will only send a few to scare you off. They will chase you forever and not turn back, you can jump in the creek and they will circle until you surface and attack your head. The hives I destroyed yesterday I spoke of... the bees chased my vehicle for over two miles through the pasture attacking my windshield and side windows..... they wanted me bad ! And the problem being you cant tell by looking at them if they are africanized or not, I have pictures of my bee suit that looks black from all the bees that came out and attacked me, I keep a three gallon sprayer filled with soapy water to kill them off me, just spray myself down and wait for them to die and then shake them off. When I first started bee keeping my bees were so gentle I never wore anything and very seldom got stung.... those days are long since gone !

David Beckner · From: Kentucky, USA

Doyle
I guess what we have here wpuld be referred to as 'wood 'honey and clover honey. most is dark as molassis.

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WALKER SEAT
NASHVILLE 400
BEHRINGER RACK TUNER
CUSH CASE RACK
PEAVEY DELTA FEX
PARTS CASTER.Gospel and Classic Country Music
http://www.dbupholstery.yolasite.com

Colm Chomicky · From: Kansas, (Prairie Village)

Do your bees have a favorite steel? Bees around my house are saying "Zummmmmmmmmmmm"

David Beckner · From: Kentucky, USA

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