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Offline ShannaRose

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Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« on: June 20, 2015, 03:53:22 am »
Greetings,
I am a first year bee keeper with 3 hives and growing fast.  All top bar hives, treatment free.  Tropical beekeeping has no down time, they just keep reproducing and splits or swarms happen every 3 months or more!

I have a few acres in the coastal jungle, living off-grid on my permaculture tropical fruit farm homestead for 25 years now.  Getting kind of tired of the enormous amount of work coupled with the isolation, but I am so passionate about beekeeping it's really given me something new that I thoroughly enjoy.

Taking a break this summer and will be traveling around N. California and southern Oregon in my little self contained Toyota RV with a solar panel.  Would love to visit bee keepers large and small and volunteer my time and energy, as there is so much to learn and limited opportunities on an island aside from my own bees.  Would love to interact with bees more through the seasons, and learn from people more experienced than myself.

I am comfortable handling bees and seem to have a knack at dealing with cross-combing and getting the bees on track to building straight comb- which seems to keep them calm and happy. If you need some help with your home apiary this summer and are willing to host me for a couple days to a week or more I'm sure you will appreciate having this competent and independent woman around!

Glad to have found yet one more bee forum- can't get enough!

Shanna Rose
Kapoho, HI

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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2015, 06:14:04 am »
 :welcome:
Too bad I am on the other coast otherwise an invite to stop by would be in order. Welcome to our friendly forum.
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2015, 07:08:51 am »
welcome and that is some beautiful country you will be traveling thru. 
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2015, 08:21:18 am »
Gee ShannaRose you just sound delightful.  Come on down to Texas.  I will pick you up at DFW or wherever.  You can drive one of my vehicles.  The weather will be hotter than the hinges on the gates of hades, and the country is not very pretty, but we are great hosts in my country.  We have lots of fish and beef to feed you, and in the summers there's great veggies, like watermelon, cantaloupe and tomatoes, not to mention our great Texas peppers.  Oh, and you can eat real, authentic Mexican food. 

Seriously, enjoy your stateside vacation.  Like Tec said, the area you are vacationing is beautiful.  But, I'm serious if you want to come to Texas.  I have five bee hives, but would like to have more. 
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2015, 08:42:34 am »
Welcome! Enjoy your trip! I bet you have some great stories on living off the grid.
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2015, 12:59:49 pm »
Add my welcome. If you decide to extend your trip to all states, you are welcome here anytime.
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2015, 01:14:41 pm »
 Welcome ShannaRose to the forum, only have 2 hives now that are a little difficult to get near right now, maybe because I took their honey last week, but if you want to visit the hot south you would be welcome here have plenty of room with the kids gone.

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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2015, 02:12:33 pm »
Welcome Shanna!
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2015, 02:39:15 pm »
Welcome to the forum Shanna---I'm out of luck, not being anywhere near your route.  But I'm sure you'll find a number of stateside west coast beekeepers willing to accept your offer. 
Just make sure that you don't accidentally bring any varroa from the continental US to Hawaii.  That would put an end to your paradise   there. :no:
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2015, 05:25:19 pm »
Welcome and read and learn. Ask lots of questions and you will become an expert in no time with keeping bees in Hawaii. Most of us are little more than part time beekeeper, so in that we are spending 1/2 the year waiting for winter to be over.
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2015, 12:35:08 am »


WELCOME and greetings from wisconsin shanna rose!
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2015, 02:06:12 pm »
Welcome and enjoy your stay!  :)

I'd love to live off the grid, but the grid is a constant presence (there's a 500 KV powerline across my property).  Besides, I work for the power company.  :)
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2015, 06:59:52 pm »
Welcome Shanna Rose,
   I too am a bit too far from your travels but hope you have a wonderful trip and that someone from the West Coast responds to you with an invitation.
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #13 on: June 24, 2015, 07:07:24 pm »
Welcome! Looking forward to hearing of your island adventures and beekeeping!
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #14 on: June 24, 2015, 10:03:11 pm »
Hey there and welcome to the forum!
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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2015, 03:03:21 am »
WE've already got varroa and SHB. Using all top bar hives and natural small cell/size bees that have learned to imprison beetles in propolis jails is working well..., and we are allowing the bees that are taken over by these pests to die out and breed the stronger more resistant genes. 

Welcome to the forum Shanna---I'm out of luck, not being anywhere near your route.  But I'm sure you'll find a number of stateside west coast beekeepers willing to accept your offer. 
Just make sure that you don't accidentally bring any varroa from the continental US to Hawaii.  That would put an end to your paradise   there. :no:

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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #16 on: June 26, 2015, 08:54:58 pm »
I'm sure you'll enjoy your trip. I'm a long ways across the country so no help to your chance of getting into my hives. Unless you extend your vacation and visit the wonderful state of North Carolina! Please share your travels 8)

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Re: Greetings from Hawaii- on way to Oregon
« Reply #17 on: June 27, 2015, 09:38:50 pm »
Welcome aboard and greetings from Kansas
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