I hope that I am posting to the Welcome Subject Forum!
Hello, I am glad to join the forum and already have enjoyed the response to the first of many questions as I am in my second season with 2 hives. I am retired from healthcare, 63 years young, live on 30 acres in the Piedmont of North Carolina with a nice 3 acre pond, old Quaker built 1818 (former wayfarer's inn) home, on 30 acres, with 2 canine mutts (Maggie and Doc), 1 black cat for good luck (Bagheera), and I'm guessing 80,000 worker bees with 2 queens (Elizabeth and Isabella). All keeps me busy and out of "trouble". Sadly my father passed away 7/11/2015 (his father/my grandfather was a beekeeper on a cotton farm in Waxahachie, TX). I miss them both, the bees help with this. I like living in nature and observing the plants and animals and sky. In college I was art (painting) major and used to paint quite a bit. Now I am less interested in "stuff" accumulating and just like to look at the colors and light and landscape with an artist's eye, I suppose. I enjoy cooking, some gardening (moreso in the past), mowing is easy on the riding mower and centers my mind too. Life is good. I feel blessed. I look forward to the friendly ways of WorldWideBeekeeping and learning more!