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Announcements => Welcome => Topic started by: Craig Anderson on April 09, 2017, 07:17:02 pm

Title: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: Craig Anderson on April 09, 2017, 07:17:02 pm
Good afternoon everyone,

I found this forum via the beemaster forum. I'm trying to learn as much as I can about bees, I find them really interesting. A friend of mine is running a hive rental service so I am hoping to get some hands on experience with bees for the first time this summer, but I have so many questions in the mean time!

I look forward to chatting with you all about bees :)

Craig
Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: Perry on April 09, 2017, 07:23:00 pm
Glad you found us. We're the friendliest bunch around, bees and fun, that's what we do.
We have a healthy contingent of Canucks here as well, a lot from Nova Scotia  :)  :D We're trying to take over!  :laugh:
Ask questions, we love to answer them, this is a group that the word help comes naturally to.
Careful with honey bees Craig, once you get hooked it's like an addiction.
Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: 40 Acre Bees on April 09, 2017, 07:34:49 pm
Hi Craig

Welcome to the forum, I tell ya you will never find a better bunch of people, and the knowledge out there is unreal.    :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:
Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: Green bee on April 09, 2017, 11:32:21 pm
 :welcome: welcome to the forum!!!!
Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: neillsayers on April 10, 2017, 01:06:03 am
welcome!
Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: kebee on April 10, 2017, 07:10:47 am
 Welcome to the forum Craig, ask  and some one will answer and we all learn that way.

Ken
Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: riverbee on April 13, 2017, 12:06:07 am
hi craig, welcome to the forum!

do you have bees yourself?  tell us about the hive rental service, i have read about these.  looking forward to your questions and posts, don't be shy, jump in!
Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: Craig Anderson on April 13, 2017, 06:03:54 pm
hi craig, welcome to the forum!

do you have bees yourself?  tell us about the hive rental service, i have read about these.  looking forward to your questions and posts, don't be shy, jump in!

No bees (yet) I am still working on convincing my wife it's a good idea. The hive rental is probably my best option, basically I pay a nominal fee (i think it's a couple of hundred $CAD) and if the company deems our house is a suitable location they drop a hive off and then do all the maintenance for the year. You can be as involved or not as you like. I'd like to get some hands on time, but it works for things like being away in the summer etc. Then at the end of the season we get a cut of the honey.
Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: Wandering Man on April 13, 2017, 06:17:46 pm
The two of you should go to a local club meeting, or bee school.  Or get your friend to take the two of you to his apiary.  Be sure to suit up, though.

Hopefully, she'll become enamored with the bees like the rest of us.  And introduce her to the female beeks on this site.

And in case she still needs convincing that women make great beeks:

http://beekeepinglikeagirl.com/

https://vimeo.com/123556240


Oh, and  :welcome:

Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: Nugget Shooter on April 25, 2017, 09:52:35 am
Welcome from Arizona and you picked a good place to learn.  :yes:
Title: Re: Hi from Kingston, Ontario
Post by: CBT on April 25, 2017, 01:15:04 pm
This is great site. Fun, humor and great people and on top of that answers and opinions. Boy do we have opinions.  ;D :yes: