Thread: Any beekeepers out there?

I have kept bees in the past and I think I am going to do it again, I just wondered if there are any others out there. So, are there or am I the only idiot stupid enough to stick his head into a hive of 70,000 bees?

That's definitely on my To Do list but it's down below the Buy Land section of the list.

I'd be interested to see if there are any beekeepers. I'm always looking for a good supply of honey, I use it to make Mead. Please let me know.

Originally Posted by goaT

I'd be interested to see if there are any beekeepers. I'm always looking for a good supply of honey, I use it to make Mead. Please let me know.

I see a trade in the making!

I would love to get into it, but I'm afraid my life has gotten too hectic lately. I just lost a local supplier for beeswax that I used for didjeridoo mouthpieces, polishes and to make lip butter. He also produced some of the best honey on the planet. He made a honey that, he claimed, all women loved, but all men hated.

-G

I have a deep respect for beekeepers. I love honey, honey comb, and I use beeswax for anything I can think of; mostly didgeridoo mouthpieces and finishing my cutting boards. One day, one day.
+1 deighaingeal!

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

I have kept bees in the past and I think I am going to do it again, I just wondered if there are any others out there. So, are there or am I the only idiot stupid enough to stick his head into a hive of 70,000 bees?

As you know there are local sources for such info however there have been major problems over the last several years for bee keepers.

Honey Bee Losses Still a Problem in US | Special English | Learning English

just FYI.
MIke

Mike, I may be wrong, but from what Ive seen so far it is happening primarily to the large "pollinating" companies that offer pollination services to farms and orchards, where truckloads of bees are moved and set up at an agricultural site.

I haven't done any reading on the issue so pardon my ignorance. Is the same colony loss occurring in the rest of the world or is it restricted to North America?

Everything I have seen is concerned with the North Americans, wether thats actuality or just information left out by the media I dont know. But it does seem to affect the major beekeepers more than anything. Whats strange is the whole hive leaves, normally there is a thing called swarming, where if unchecked the old queen after the birth of a new queen will leave the hive with 1/2 the bees to start a new hive. Part of the propagation process. But here the whole hive leaves with out a trace.