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Beekeepers Are...........?
« on: January 28, 2014, 04:56:33 pm »
what is a beekeeper? 

who are you as a beekeeper?, and how would you 'define' it for yourself?

Beekeepers are............?

you finish......your description, and yes winter boredom and being couped up and 'locked down' from the polar vortex we are in has long past set in........i need more good and enlightening reading material...... :D   
i am looking forward to reading some great replies! and ps, looking up the definition of "beekeeper" and posting it here is not going to fly..... :D

so......Beekeepers are.................
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« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2014, 05:00:49 pm »
Men and women, boys and girls, and winnie the pooh.  :P :laugh: :laugh:
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« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2014, 06:34:10 pm »
Awe Iddee that's cuuuute, geeeez.

I will probably donate more than one answer.

My friend said this to me after I got a hive of bees and rescued a sweet brown bat "Jen! I think you like taking care of little tiny things!" I would call my beekeeping interest as Huge Compassion ~
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« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2014, 06:45:53 pm »
Different from normal folks! I've been called strange but I prefer different.
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« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2014, 06:52:13 pm »
Woody- That's so funny! When hubby came home and found a beehive in our backyard three years ago, his eyebrows came together and he said "Honey! Don't you know that beekeepers are Weird!" I answered back "You mean More weird than I already am?"  :laugh:
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« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2014, 08:03:28 pm »
"It's said that for bees, the flower is the fountain of life, and for flowers bees are the messengers of love"

I like to think that I'm caring for the messengers of love!  ;)
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« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2014, 08:27:20 pm »
Perry- I think that reply deserves a wolf whistle  :D
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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2014, 09:08:08 pm »
Quote from: Woody Roberts on January 28, 2014, 06:45:53 pm
Different from normal folks!

Woody is being nice to us  :D

a beekeeper is a smart man who found a way to be surrounded by beautiful ladies all the time, and still stays married  ;)
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« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2014, 09:29:45 pm »
Marbees-

""Woody is being nice to us 

a beekeeper is a smart man who found a way to be surrounded by beautiful ladies all the time, and still stays married""

Okay Marbees- What about us female beekeepers Hu?   
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« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2014, 09:44:04 pm »
Jen

Okay Marbees- What about us female beekeepers Hu?

I don't know :D :D Every beek should have his/her own definition   :D
That's what rb asked
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« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2014, 10:21:00 pm »
Marbees- Okay then, I'll just have to counter with this beings I'm a woman of the 60's:

Beekeeping is about the example of independant women being surround by other hard working women, and men that lay around the house with the remote, that can't even feed themselves so they get kicked out at the end of the season. And That's The Rest Of The Story  :D 8)

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« Reply #11 on: January 28, 2014, 10:57:29 pm »
Don't let my wife read that statement Jen. She will swear you were talking about me. She hasn't tried to kick me out yet, so don't give her any ideas!!  :laugh:  :laugh:

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« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2014, 11:23:22 pm »
 :D And I haven't kicked my drone out either Dan. 38 years. He does know how to feed himself  :D
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« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2014, 11:33:12 pm »
wellll... my wife HATES seeing me idle..   so when she pulls in, if I am here, I JUMP UP and find something to do..   I already have EVERYTHING DONE, but it doesnt matter,, if I am not "DOING" when she walks in she is not happy.. so as she walks through the door I am drying my hands, having finished the dishes, I say.. OK, NOW i can make a drink, would you like one?
   Usually works!!
   In case plan A doesnt work...  I always "forget" something..   I swept the floor, picked up ALL the piles... except ONE that is in PLAIN sight..
   Now.. this may seem obvious to some, but others will be scratching their head wondering why I might do that...
   The answer is simple. she sees the pile, frowns at it, asks me if I plan to pick that up.. I say.. Oh cr@p, forgot that one, I pick it up, she is happy, and she doenst need to FIND anything to rag at me about, she already found it, I fixed it, NOW life can be good and we can sit together and have that drink!!
   heh, pretty good thinking aye?  Now, how many of you are going...   AHA!!!  I'm gonna try that!


   Beekeepers are............
   People that enjoy a challenge. People that like being outside when its WARM. People that enjoy standing in the midst of thousands of stinging insects, while friends, family, or onlookers stand WAY back and go...   omg hes CRAZY!!
   Beekeepers are;
   People who enjoy and thrive
   on the happy hum of a healthy hive.
   Inner peace is gained through the drive
    To see in the spring, their bees still alive
  so mix that drink, set up that chair, and CHIVE!!!!

   Meh.. well it was a worthy effort
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« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2014, 12:40:59 am »
OH MY GAWD! I THINK I MARRIED THE WRONG MAN!!!

kidding  :laugh:

Actually I think that's more of the response that RB was looking for. Nice Lazy!
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« Reply #15 on: January 29, 2014, 12:51:02 am »
While resting near the hive
gentle rustle of the trees
calm becomes me
from the whisper of the bees
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« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2014, 08:58:49 am »
Quote from: Jen on January 29, 2014, 12:40:59 am
OH MY GAWD! I THINK I MARRIED THE WRONG MAN!!!

   LOL!! Thats MY line, I have legal rights to it!!  To be used only when a woman shows off her Harley, boat,( Or boat motor), rifle, Hot rod, fishing pole or bee hive!!
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« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2014, 12:19:31 pm »
Hhahhaahhaha! Gotcha didn't I? Have a good day Lazy!
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« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2014, 04:13:37 pm »
a female beekeeper is very gentle and caring and looks after her not like my husband a bull in a china shop :laugh: :laugh:
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« Reply #19 on: January 29, 2014, 06:01:49 pm »
thanks denise!
okay perry whatever.....messenger of love....you probably are  :D
enjoyed the replies here, some funny stuff. its what makes the forum. a topic like this and having some fun and at the same time learning how others think or see themselves!  we are much more than 'beekeepers'.....think about it.....uh....never mind don't think too hard.... :D

here's my contribution:
what is a beekeeper?.........
an entomologist, scientist, carpenter,woodworker, painter, horticulturist/gardener, farmer, educator, teacher, mentor and student; and most of all a bee hoarder?  :D
and unfortunately for me allergic to them.
wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, and a veterinarian of sorts for all the critters/birds tame and wild sent my way.
oh, and i like to go fishing every once in awhile.

i saved a bee culture article from a few years back:

"Marbles, Mistakes & Hive Lifters
Several years ago, a beekeeper friend of mine would tell beginning beekeepers to go out and buy a large bag of marbles.
"Pour the marbles into a pants pocket of your bee suit.  When you go to the apiary and make a mistake such as letting the smoker go out, losing your hive tool, forgetting your veil or dropping a frame, simply reach into your pocket and grab a marble and throw it away.  Do not try to mark the spot where the marble lands.  Eventually there will be a time when you reach into your pocket and find that it is empty.  One might say that when you have lost all your marbles, you have become a beekeeper."

the mentioned mistakes are mild compared to some of my bee adventures...how many bags of marbles are you all on??..... :D

about riverbee; how did i choose that name?  for any that haven't figured it out....my two passions in life: RIVERS and BEES.  :D   i don't consider these hobbies , they really are passions in my life that i pursue. 

ABOUT BEES:
“What is this dark hum among the roses?
I have found them-haven’t you?---
Stopped in the very cups of the flowers, their wings
a little tattered-so much flying about, to the hive,
then out into the world, then back, and perhaps dancing,
should the task be to be a scout-sweet, dancing bee.
I think there isn’t anything in this world I don’t admire.
bend close to study and
understand what is happening.  It’s not hard, it’s in fact
As instructive as anything I have ever studied.  Plus, too,
it’s love almost too fierce to endure, the bee
nuzzling like that into the blouse
of the rose.  And the fragrance, and the honey, and of course
the sun,  the purely pure sun, shining, all the while, over
all of us.”
---Mary Oliver

ABOUT RIVERS:
"It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us……now, nearly all those I loved and did not understand when I was young are gone, but I still reach out to them.
 
...Then in the arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the big Blackfoot river and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.  The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time.  On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops.  Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs.
I am haunted by waters."
---Norman MacLean “A River Runs Through It”
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