« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Down

Author Topic: Hello from North Carolina!  (Read 10828 times)

0 Members and 4 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline hamptor

  • Regular Member
  • **
  • Posts: 99
  • Thanked: 2 times
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Hello from North Carolina!
« on: August 22, 2014, 04:01:37 pm »
Hi All,
I'm from Greensboro, North Carolina, and am a 2nd year beekeeper.  I started with one hive last year which got robbed out in mid-summer, then got a new package in July.   That little hive made it through the winter  (I fed them like crazy in the fall).   Then I split that hive in March, and added a new package in April.  So now I've got a total of 3 hives.   I got my first honey this summer which was so exciting!  Now we make sure we have a few hot biscuits every night just for the honey!
I'm having a great time beekeeping, and love reading the forum!   
Becky
Logged

Offline LazyBkpr

  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 6842
  • Thanked: 205 times
  • Gender: Male
  • www.outyard.net
    • The Outyard
  • Location: Richland Iowa
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2014, 05:56:48 pm »
Welcome!  Glad to hear you pulled the hive through the winter!  Sounds like you're well on your way! I might be begging for advice this winter!!   ;D
Logged
Drinking RUM before noon makes you a PIRATE not an alcoholic!

*Sponsor*

Offline Perry

  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 7382
  • Thanked: 390 times
  • Gender: Male
    • Brandt's Bees
  • Location: Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2014, 06:09:41 pm »
Howdy and welcome.
If you get a chance there's a fella near you that you can probably offer advice to! ;) :laugh:
Logged
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."      
Forum Supporter

Offline kebee

  • WorldWide Beekeeper Emeritus
  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1095
  • Thanked: 55 times
  • Gender: Male
  • May GOD be with us
  • Location: eastcentral Al
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2014, 06:39:11 pm »
 Welcome hamptor to the forum, enjoy your stay

Ken
Logged

Offline Marion

  • Senior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 161
  • Thanked: 2 times
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: Hinsdale, MA
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2014, 06:54:40 pm »
Welcome. This is our first year and we are hoping to make it through the winter. This website has been an extremely helpful resource. Hope to get some honey next year :) Marion
Logged

Offline apisbees

  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 3723
  • Thanked: 331 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Vernon B.C.
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2014, 08:57:49 pm »
Welcome Becky Glad you found us and introduced your self. You probably know already that the woman run the site (or at least we let them think they do) so it is not scary posting or joining in.
Seriously though, Beekeeping is one profession or hobby where sex is not an issue. Some of the smartest, most knowledgeable, most talented, beekeepers I have met are woman. So to any unsure ladies, don't let some scary avatar pictures scare you from joining in the conversations.
Logged
Honey Judge, Beekeeping Display Coordinator, Armstrong Fair and Rodeo.

Offline Slowmodem

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1551
  • Thanked: 37 times
  • Gender: Male
    • http://gregsbees.blogspot.com/
  • Location: Ten Mile, TN
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2014, 09:16:49 pm »
Welcome and enjoy your stay!  :)
Logged
Greg Whitehead
Ten Mile, TN
Beekeeping at 26.4 kbs

Offline Riverrat

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 2169
  • Thanked: 56 times
  • Location: oxford kansas
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2014, 09:43:53 pm »
welcome aboard Becky
Logged
"no man ever stood so tall as one that  stoops to help a child"

Forum Supporter

Offline Wadep4186

  • Regular Member
  • **
  • Posts: 18
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: North Carolina
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2014, 10:33:22 pm »
Welcome 
Logged

Offline Jen

  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10175
  • Thanked: 240 times
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: Upper California
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2014, 11:08:35 pm »
Hi Becky! Glad your here, you will learn sooo much.

     Apis is a very nice man and very knowledgable. He will be one you will need to try and understa... uh, want to listen to  :D He is also very good at teaching about the birds and the bees, right Apis?  ;)
Logged
There Is Peace In The Queendom

Offline CpnObvious

  • Senior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 642
  • Thanked: 8 times
  • Gender: Male
    • My Photobucket Bee Album
  • Location: North-Central Massachusetts
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2014, 11:24:59 pm »
Welcome, Becky!  You've definitely found a great forum to join!

Apis, Did I say that well-enough to earn some more free advice?  I hope?   :laugh:
Logged

Offline Garden Hive

  • Senior Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 158
  • Thanked: 3 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Pilot Mt, NC
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2014, 01:57:41 pm »
Welcome Hamptor

I'm a little bit south of you but not much. Several on the forum in this area. ;D
Logged

Offline efmesch

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1696
  • Thanked: 201 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Israel
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2014, 02:51:37 pm »
Greetings Becky.  You'll find that this forum is not only about beekeeping,  it's it's also about being one big happy international family.  Welcome to the World of Beekeeping.   :eusa_clap:
Logged

Offline hamptor

  • Regular Member
  • **
  • Posts: 99
  • Thanked: 2 times
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2014, 03:25:43 pm »
Hi Perry,
If you're referring to iddee, he got me on the forum - after he came and helped me out with a hive that was acting pretty feisty in August. 
They seem to have calmed down a little.  They're bringing in some sort of pollen, so maybe they're happier.
He's a big help to all us newbies around here!
Logged

Offline Perry

  • Global Moderator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 7382
  • Thanked: 390 times
  • Gender: Male
    • Brandt's Bees
  • Location: Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2014, 05:01:35 pm »
Quote from: hamptor on August 23, 2014, 03:25:43 pm
Hi Perry,
If you're referring to iddee, he got me on the forum - after he came and helped me out with a hive that was acting pretty feisty in August. 
They seem to have calmed down a little.  They're bringing in some sort of pollen, so maybe they're happier.
He's a big help to all us newbies around here!

I can honestly say that I am a better keeper than I would have ever hoped to have been if not for Iddee. Cut-outs and trap-outs were something that never even entered my mind until I "met" him. The knowledge tucked away in that head of his is amazing, and the fact that he shares it freely benefits anyone and every one coming into contact with him. And then he created this place.........
I'm envious that you live close to him.
Logged
"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."      
Forum Supporter

Offline Jen

  • Platinum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10175
  • Thanked: 240 times
  • Gender: Female
  • Location: Upper California
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2014, 05:10:22 pm »
I couldn't agree more. Other than raising a husband, and raising kids, this forum has me on the biggest learning curve I've yet to know personally. Thanks Iddee  :)
Logged
There Is Peace In The Queendom

Offline iddee

  • Administrator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 6159
  • Thanked: 412 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Sophia, N. C.
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2014, 06:06:56 pm »
See what ya done? Now ya done give me th' bighead. Took 24 hours for the swelling to go down enough to get up and post. Glad to see you here, Becky, and glad they settled down for you. I think what happened was, all the mean ones stung me and that just left the good ones.   :o   ;D
Logged
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein

Offline riverbee

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 8924
  • Thanked: 410 times
  • Gender: Female
  • ***Forum Sponsor***
  • Location: El Paso Twp, Wisconsin
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2014, 10:32:21 pm »
welcome to the forum becky!!! 

Logged
i keep wild things in a box..........™
if you obey the rules, you miss all the fun.....katherine hepburn
Forum Sponsor

Offline Zweefer

  • Administrator
  • Gold Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 1836
  • Thanked: 165 times
  • Gender: Male
  • Location: Eau Claire WI
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2014, 09:00:59 am »
Greetings from Wisconsin.  I know you will find a tremendous wealth of info here, as well as a few good friends.   Welcome aboard  ;D
Logged
Keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
Henry David Thoreau

Offline blueblood

  • Gold Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1768
  • Thanked: 39 times
  • Gender: Male
    • https://www.facebook.com/scottshoneyandlipbalms
  • Location: Central Indiana, USA
Re: Hello from North Carolina!
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2014, 09:16:50 am »
Welcome!
Logged
Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Up
« previous next »