Thread: Beekeeping

Keep talking guys, this is quite interesting. The apiary that puts their bees on my land gives me some honey every year for the use of my land. It usually is about 2 gallons worth which is way more than I consume and my stock pile kept getting bigger. I keep telling the apiary that it isn't necessary because I'm just glad they are here to pollinate my garden.

A couple of years ago the wife of a very good friend of mine was in the last stages of cancer. The only nourishment that she could keep in her stomach was green tea sweetened with raw honey. All totaled I shipped about 5 gallons of my excess stored honey to her so she had something to eat.

Originally Posted by 32t

I am not a numbers person and I tend to round up to be on the safe side. I said $138 for bees in an earlier post and iit really was $133.9075 each after tax.

Here are my receipts so far.

#1 Bees. 2- 3lb Carniolian w/queen and 2- 3lb Italian w/queen. $125 each $535.63 after tax

#2 Basically 4 unassembled hives. Long list but 2 large supers 9 5/8" and 2 small 6 5/8" per hive. I am going to need some more but need to start some where. Only 3 tops and bottoms because my friend gave me 1 set.

11% off Sale from Mann Lake. Free shipping.643.94 after tax

535.63 + 643.94 = 1179.57 USD

Don't tell my wife!!!!

Tim

I think "all in all"....... That's not a bad price. Well worth it!

Originally Posted by Benz

Keep talking guys, this is quite interesting. The apiary that puts their bees on my land gives me some honey every year for the use of my land. It usually is about 2 gallons worth which is way more than I consume and my stock pile kept getting bigger. I keep telling the apiary that it isn't necessary because I'm just glad they are here to pollinate my garden.

A couple of years ago the wife of a very good friend of mine was in the last stages of cancer. The only nourishment that she could keep in her stomach was green tea sweetened with raw honey. All totaled I shipped about 5 gallons of my excess stored honey to her so she had something to eat.

Honey has some amazing properties to it..... Can be used for a lot of things. Very healthy for you.....the raw honey is best!

Bees collect pollen and make honeyhones,,,

Originally Posted by 32t

I am not a numbers person and I tend to round up to be on the safe side. I said $138 for bees in an earlier post and iit really was $133.9075 each after tax.

Here are my receipts so far.

#1 Bees. 2- 3lb Carniolian w/queen and 2- 3lb Italian w/queen. $125 each $535.63 after tax

#2 Basically 4 unassembled hives. Long list but 2 large supers 9 5/8" and 2 small 6 5/8" per hive. I am going to need some more but need to start some where. Only 3 tops and bottoms because my friend gave me 1 set.

11% off Sale from Mann Lake. Free shipping.643.94 after tax

535.63 + 643.94 = 1179.57 USD

Don't tell my wife!!!!

Tim

You got the fat high maintenance Italian & Carniolian Queen Bees,,, you could have gotten some skinny Florida Queens & some African Queens a lot cheaper. I could have caught them in a jar & mailed'em to you.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

You got the fat high maintenance Italian & Carniolian Queen Bees,,, you could have gotten some skinny Florida Queens & some African Queens a lot cheaper. I could have caught them in a jar & mailed'em to you.

I said in my original post I would possibly digress and didn't mind others doing so but,,,,,,,,,,,

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I want to be high on the list for some honey when it gets time !!

We could meet at a razor get together for example charlies in Texas and save postage! Fun to meet everyone in person.

I will trade a Pinaud bottle for honey.

My daughter got into it because if a child, honey was a much better solution, it is also a better sweetener than sugar for my iced tea, very good on hot tea also, Tc

and what Tim said, come to Charlie's and a ll get you some Tn honey too John!' Can't bring any Pinaud bottles though, seems the Clubman Mafia has cornered the market. Tc

Originally Posted by Cangooner

I'm in the "fascinated by bees but haven't started beekeeping yet" category too. A colleague started a couple of years ago and is loving it so far. Like plenty of folks, my main concern is proximity to neighbours, but that's something I should really look into to see if I can get them on board.

Looking forward to any info you guys have to share!

The location specifics here are for Cangooner, but I think it applies to anyone. Cangooner, if you are in Bourget the odds are extremely high that there is a farmer near you who would be happy to host your hives on his land, since they play such a key role in pollination. My wife started keeping bees when we were in Barrhaven (crowded suburb for others' info). She had her hives on a big patch of NCC (government) land that they leased out to a farmer, about a 15 minute drive from home. You don't have to visit them all that often. There was a lot of clover and the honey tasted great. When we moved to Almonte (small town) she thought about keeping them in the back yard, but it turned out the neighbour had an anaphylactic allergy to bee stings. It took her one day to find several farmers minutes away to host the hives.