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Announcements => Welcome => Topic started by: Nickald on January 05, 2015, 05:47:36 pm

Title: Hello from Michigan
Post by: Nickald on January 05, 2015, 05:47:36 pm

I am a new to bee keeping.  I am in Jackson in south central Michigan.  I hope to have a couple hives in the spring.  It is giving me some thing to look forward to when we thaw out again.

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: kebee on January 05, 2015, 06:29:27 pm

 Welcome Nickald to the forum, glad to have you with us, have any questions just ask that way we all learn here.

Ken

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: Curtchann on January 05, 2015, 06:37:11 pm

Welcome, I'm also new and I live over between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids.

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: Perry on January 05, 2015, 06:56:17 pm

 :welcome:
Howdy Nickald. This is a pretty friendly place with lots of new folk and plenty of "experienced" ones. Then there are some that are as old as all get out, you know the kind, cranky, irritable, stuck in their ways don't like plastic type.  ;) :D :P
Seriously, this is a great place to hang out.

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: riverbee on January 05, 2015, 07:07:00 pm

perry you picking on my buddy jack?!?........

"Then there are some that are as old as all get out, you know the kind, cranky, irritable, stuck in their ways don't like plastic type.  ;) :D :P"

............. :D

WELCOME nickald!!!

looking forward to your posts, join in, don't be shy, ask questions, fire away...........
ps. we also enjoy a great sense of humor here!

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: Riverrat on January 05, 2015, 07:44:56 pm

welcome aboard

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: CpnObvious on January 05, 2015, 07:46:49 pm

Welcome, Nickald!

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: blueblood on January 05, 2015, 07:48:21 pm

Welcome Nick!

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: LogicalBee on January 05, 2015, 11:47:15 pm

I think we now have a Michigan Quorum  ;D

If we're lucky we might thaw out by May 1st.

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: thewhiterhino on January 06, 2015, 08:01:27 am

Welcome from southern Colorado

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: tedh on January 06, 2015, 11:20:30 am

Hi Nickald!  Welcome to beekeeping in general and to the forum in particular!  I think you're gonna like it!  Ted

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: Ray on January 06, 2015, 08:28:04 pm

Welcome, Welcome
It's nice to have another keep from the right side of the Lake :-)

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: Nickald on January 06, 2015, 08:29:48 pm

Thanks for the welcome. 

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: apisbees on January 06, 2015, 08:42:13 pm

welcome and come back often with any questions you may have.

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: LogicalBee on January 06, 2015, 10:08:47 pm

There is, or was, a bunch of old bee keeping books on google you could download for free (out of copyright).  I recall a photo in one of those books of a bee house set up in the Jackson State prison down your way where they would winter the bees in a more sheltered condition than we typically do these days.  I’m picturing in my mind a long shed like structure that probably housed a couple hundred hives.  If I stumble across the book/photo I’ll pass it along.

Lots to learn when starting out, and there is a lot of confusion about how to "best" keep bees.  The good news is just about anything will work and you don't have to strive for perfection in this hobby; because there is none  ;D

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: Nickald on January 07, 2015, 07:01:52 pm

That would be neat to see.  I love local history photos.