Hobbyist or commercial

[Slowmodem]

of course no self respecting beekeeper allows his own bees to swarm!

ROFL  I allow my bees like I allow my wife!  They both do as they please.

[Jen]

efmesch- ""I particularly love their music.  I call it the swarm symphony.""

You wax poetic

[Jen]

Lazy-  ""Having bees is my way of giving something back.  My goal is to help replenish honey bees in our agricultural world.  I never intend to make a dime from my bees.  So far, I have been very successful.""

My thoughts exactly. Even working on planting a pollination garden in my yard and my long back alley. I know there are other bees not too far from me.

[minz]

Had an old girlfriend tell me that ‘never make my passion my employer; I will soon need a new passion’.  I have trouble asking money for things that I enjoy.  I give away all my woodwork, boxes, bees and honey.  Last year a guy’s thought that was BS and gave me $10 for his.  I got to say it was a totally different feeling. Got me thinking about it differently.  I am at about 9 or 10 hives, a few nucs still alive (been a bad winter for my nucs). My neighbor has a detailing business and let me know that I was getting bee crap on his cars (he knew right away what it was and was looking for the beek responsible). I opened up a few yards for people with large gardens.  I now know that the yards need some things to make them practical and not a pain.

[LazyBkpr]

 I never intend to make a dime from my bees.  So far, I have been very successful.

   LOL Shooter!  I can fit in there somewhere!!!!  A more perfect SIG would be hard to find!!

of course no self respecting beekeeper allows his own bees to swarm!

ROFL  I allow my bees like I allow my wife!  They both do as they please.

   ROFL   I can fit right in there too!!!!

My neighbor has a detailing business and let me know that I was getting bee crap on his cars (he knew right away what it was and was looking for the beek responsible).

   Ttell him to cover it up.  Bees are the least of his worries, and I doubt you had a lot to do with YOU getting it put there. If bee poo bothers him he must fall down and bawl when a bird passes over or the acid rain fades all of his hard work..  what does he do when it hails??  Stand over his car with a light saber?    hmm, if he does have a light saber moving your bees may be a valid option.......

[GLOCK]

That's one thing that ya have to deal with if ya got bees I know I'm on 12 acres and my bees are not around my cars but I have bee poop on all of them and it leaves little spots after you wash them and you have buff them out.
Can be a pain.

[Jen]

Minz ""My neighbor has a detailing business and let me know that I was getting bee crap on his cars""

LOLOL I don't know why, but that just hit my funny bone! LOLOL