Worldwide Beekeeping
Announcements => Welcome => Topic started by: tecumseh on December 10, 2013, 05:20:47 pm
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a very short bio...
Approximately 50 years ago I began beekeeping as a 4-H project along the western slope of the Appalachian range. Over the years I have kept bees in Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas (in 4 very different locations), and North Dakota. I have had the opportunity to work for three commercial bee operations and participate in the migratory movement of bees. Some years back I taught himself queen rearing.
In 2003 I decided to begin building something for his retirement years and slowly begin assembling bee equipment and adding hives with the primary goal of producing a small honey crop for the local community. Adding to this original goal of producing a small honey crop, I now also produced a small number of starter hives (often times called "nucs" (for nucleus) and queens. I currently maintains a Texas Queen Breeding Permit and a Texas Intrastate Bee Moving Permit and am the chief apiarist at the Texas A&M bee lab. Eventually I would like to be capable of producing a pretty bee that would be an acceptable specimen for beginner beekeepers.
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Welcome to the forum tec!! Glad you finally found us, did you use some de-TEC-tive skills :lol: :lol:
Sure hope you can stay a while and teach us younguns!!
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no I had a little bird from North Carolina to call me and tell me about the site. took me a while to find the place... I am dang near a dinosaur when it comes to these kinds of places.
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Welcome to another forum, Tec!
Rex
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Glad your found the place Tech, pull up a chair and let be get you a drink.. I'll keep your glass full so long as you keep talking!!! :D
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Howdy Tech.
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Tweet Tweet. Thanks for coming, Tec. Now I got me a real formidable opponent to argue with. :lol:
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Howdy, howdy!
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Hi Tec! Good to see ya!
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Howdy Tec. I'm glad you found the place.
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hello tecumseh, happy to see you here!
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Hi Tec you comments and posts are both knowledgeable and and insightful. Your years of experience in beekeeping will enhance this forum
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well thank ya' Apisbee. in wandering around looking for this place I also caught a bee keeping site on linked in and I think I also saw your picture there???? I haven't quite figured out how that site works.
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Neither have! It is baste more on networking and being sent invitations to link and join different user groups. a lot of professional and university students use it and are members. It has a more diverse group of beekeepers from around the world. I have left my point of view on a few discussions there but it is different than a forum.
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welcome aboard tec