We have one beekeeping distributor in the Kansas City metro area. He has customers from both sides of the state line. He's a great guy and a wonderful ambassador for the honey bee. He asked our local bee club to be present during package pick up weekends in April. The purpose was to promote ongoing education. We signed up for shifts and were prepared with Kansas and Missouri club information as well as both state wide organizations. Not surprisingly, some folks were picking up packages without any prior education or they were replacing deadouts, meant to join a club but never got around to it, and so forth.
The owner's right hand man (she's the one with the clip board) explained that they plan light the first weekend of package pick up. That gets all the kinks worked out then they really do business the other three weekends in April. However, one man picked up 50 packages of bees while I was there. All I could see was dollar signs!
We were also asked a few questions, but you know beekeepers. We are always happy to talk about bees. Surprisingly, a few people recognized me!
