Any Bee Keepers out there?

[greenfamilyfarms]

We picked up our first Top Bar hive this past week and have our first package of bees ordered for April.

 

[noahsgeese]

Good for you!!!

 

[chicken stalker]

I want bees.... I am so envious. I need to do some reading up on them. Maybe I can find someone who wants to put one ++ up on my property. I want them more for an increase in fruit production, though a jar or two of honey wouldn't be bad.

 

[sgtmom52]

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Contact your local Beekeepers Assoc. (you can usually find them through your County Extension Office). This one may be in your area ~ http://www.southerntierbeekeepers.org/?referrer=uscity.net
They often have Beekeepers who will put hives on your property. Many do make payment in a % of the honey they harvest from the hives they put on your property. You may even find you want to invest in a few hives of your own. Be careful ~ they are habit forming ~ like Chickens!

 

[noahsgeese]

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You really should get bees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chicken stalker]

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Contact your local Beekeepers Assoc. (you can usually find them through your County Extension Office). This one may be in your area ~ http://www.southerntierbeekeepers.org/?referrer=uscity.net
They often have Beekeepers who will put hives on your property. Many do make payment in a % of the honey they harvest from the hives they put on your property. You may even find you want to invest in a few hives of your own. Be careful ~ they are habit forming ~ like Chickens!

Ohh thank you so much for the link. I've been searching and never found that webpage. I emailed them. Hopefully someone would be interested. I like to learn first hand and I think this would be a great opportunity. Thanks again.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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We pick up our bees on April 10th enough for two hives. Like you we can't wait. Things are buzzing around our place right now - well sorta- we have 52 new chicks in the gargage!!

Life is good on the farm with spring in the air and new life all around.

Sandee

 

[noahsgeese]

How are everyone's bees doing today?

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

We got our bees this past weekend. Everything seems to be going along OK. The weather turned bad on Saturday after we got them (tons of rain, strong winds and cold) so we have not been able to put them in the hives. We currently have them in the house and we are feeding them all the sugar water they can eat. Hopefully, the weather will clear enough tomorrow to get them out in the hives.

The beekeeper was having problems with the weather as well getting the Queens ready so we had to take a Italian Queen from Minnesota instead of the other type of Italian Queen that we orginially thought we would get.

So again, hopefully weather will give us and the bees a break and we can get them going tomorrow.

Sandee

 

[heritagebirds]

Getting my bees on Sunday morning!