any beekeepers on here?

**C_U_Next_Tuesday** · 07-16-2007, 11:04 AM

Not yet, this was something that interested me about 4 years ago when I was getting into my gardening. Too many kids in my neighborhood for me to take up this hobby.

When I move out on some open land where I dont have to worry about the bees being in close proximity to humans..I plan on picking up this interesting hobby.

its quite an inexpensive hobby and can pay for it self with the first harvest of honey or beeswax

**Azlord** · 07-16-2007, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by Fris

anyone do beekeeping as a hobby?

Aren't they all dying? Cell phone waves or something?

**ztik** · 07-16-2007, 11:31 AM

Originally posted by Azlord

Aren't they all dying? Cell phone waves or something?

huh?

**fris** · 07-16-2007, 06:59 PM

Originally posted by C_U_Next_Tuesday

Not yet, this was something that interested me about 4 years ago when I was getting into my gardening. Too many kids in my neighborhood for me to take up this hobby.

When I move out on some open land where I dont have to worry about the bees being in close proximity to humans..I plan on picking up this interesting hobby.

its quite an inexpensive hobby and can pay for it self with the first harvest of honey or beeswax

check out beesource dot com.

(dont want to link to a forum from here)

**Spunky** · 07-16-2007, 07:21 PM

I have a huge wasps nest in the yard..does that count?

**cj_purve** · 07-16-2007, 08:28 PM

I've always been interested in this ... my late grandfather was a life member of the local bee keeping association and we always had boxes in our yard as kids. They are such an interesting creature and I've been following and trying to understand what's going on with them with this global movement. It seems we are having a lot of success here in Australia keeping our supplies up but in the rest of the world bees are just flying away and not coming back. Very strange!

Bee products are good for all sorts of conditions & extracts like propolis & pollen are really popular here & exported to asia a lot.

Do you have any hives of your own?

**Phoenix** · 07-16-2007, 08:31 PM

Originally posted by ztik

huh?

seriously they are disappearing..but i think they are still pollinating the flowers shrubs etc

Fris is the man

**DBS.US** · 07-16-2007, 08:51 PM

**Phoenix** · 07-16-2007, 08:54 PM

Originally posted by DBS.US

that is all kinds of ways fucked up

**Jextur Media** · 07-16-2007, 08:58 PM

I was really interested in it growing up, there was a keeper just a few blocks away from my home when I was a kid. He showed me how it's all done...then I got stung...and found out a few seconds later I was allergic

Luckily the guy kept a big stack of epi-pens near the hives, apparently it's pretty common when people visit.

**DBS.US** · 07-16-2007, 09:06 PM

**Azlord** · 07-16-2007, 09:13 PM

Originally posted by ztik

huh?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/bu...7b8977&ei=5088

**C_U_Next_Tuesday** · 07-18-2007, 05:06 AM

Originally posted by DBS.US

Thats a japanese hornet.. about 1 inch long and one sting is excruciating. These things have been known to kill humans. I watched a special where 30 of these went into a regular beehive and took out thousands of bees..it was painful to watch.

Fris, thanks for the link

any beekeepers on here?

any beekeepers on here?

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