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Congrats Amberjem!

I got my entry form, and fees in for a trio. I will be going to the Florida Sunshine Classic show. It's my first show. I may bomb, but that's ok, I'm off and running in the right direction. I'm sooooooo excited!
 
another reason I was up @ 4am is I had spent some 8 hours researching bee keeping and sources for materials/supplies. I'm going to set up 2 hives this spring and figure I better get started pretty quick to make this happen. I know some others here keep bees and others have said they want to start as well. You might check out these two info sites. They are almost/essentially complete training courses without the hands on: http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com/2007/09/lesson-one-in-beekeeping-introduction.html & http://www.ohiostatebeekeepers.org/beekeeping_class/ Right now I feel confident that I could do this without taking the one day class, but will do so anyway just for the hands on and personal training/experience. Fully confident in starting to buy/order the basic equipment now.

I Stopped and talked with the man "in charge" of bee keeping at the Agfinity store yesterday. They're holding a 1 day course in February but from what I've gathered on line, many places run out of (ordered - to be delivered in May) packaged bees by late January. They also sell all the box materials, but un-assembled and about the same price as what I can find online for (local - no shipping) fully assembled and painted/stained boxes. <--They also offer a package w/the boxes and bees, but I have no idea where the bees come from. Hope to contact them later today to find out. I did find one other local bee seller online but his add/info was years old with no comments at all...

Any recommendations/words of wisdom from other bee keepers on the thread? Has anyone dealt with http://www.bees-bees-bees.com/? They're the one (not Agfinity) I talked about above. I might take a trip over to see their operation later today if they have a "store front" & will be there. Did anyone find a local source of bees to start their colonies with? I mean I could sign up to capture swarms, but that's hardly a reliable source... I am going to make this happen this spring
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Latestarter, SCG has two hives. I know she can probably give you some advice.
getaclue congratulations on your first step! :weee
 
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another reason I was up @ 4am is I had spent some 8 hours researching bee keeping and sources for materials/supplies. I'm going to set up 2 hives this spring and figure I better get started pretty quick to make this happen. I know some others here keep bees and others have said they want to start as well. You might check out these two info sites. They are almost/essentially complete training courses without the hands on: http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com/2007/09/lesson-one-in-beekeeping-introduction.html & http://www.ohiostatebeekeepers.org/beekeeping_class/ Right now I feel confident that I could do this without taking the one day class, but will do so anyway just for the hands on and personal training/experience. Fully confident in starting to buy/order the basic equipment now.

I Stopped and talked with the man "in charge" of bee keeping at the Agfinity store yesterday. They're holding a 1 day course in February but from what I've gathered on line, many places run out of (ordered - to be delivered in May) packaged bees by late January. They also sell all the box materials, but un-assembled and about the same price as what I can find online for (local - no shipping) fully assembled and painted/stained boxes. <--They also offer a package w/the boxes and bees, but I have no idea where the bees come from. Hope to contact them later today to find out. I did find one other local bee seller online but his add/info was years old with no comments at all...

Any recommendations/words of wisdom from other bee keepers on the thread? Has anyone dealt with http://www.bees-bees-bees.com/? They're the one (not Agfinity) I talked about above. I might take a trip over to see their operation later today if they have a "store front" & will be there. Did anyone find a local source of bees to start their colonies with? I mean I could sign up to capture swarms, but that's hardly a reliable source... I am going to make this happen this spring
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BYC has a sister site called back yard heards. There are bee keeping threads there!
 
I read somewhere that you can also "steal" a swarm, at least with some bees. Don't really remember how that was suppose to work, but it's possible to attract them to an empty hive.
 
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