Moderator Note: This was originally posted in the meat thread.
I have been feeling a beckoning towards beekeeping, but I was resisting. I no longer have a fear of bees like I did when I was a child, but still, the idea of putting on a beesuit and having bees all over me was rather intimidating! There were a lot of bees in my yard in early spring when my peach and apple trees were flowering, but then they seemed to have disappeared. There are other plants flowering (tomatoes etc.) and plenty of wasps, but no bees!
I thought maybe they left when I declined to offer them a home.
Then, just in the last few days, I decided to surrender to the pull and summon up the courage to do my part to save the bees. Then, today, guess what? I saw a bee on a borage flower! Then another family member saw another bee today!! They're coming back! Isn't that amazing?
Inspired, I started shopping for the appropriate educational materials. And right away, I just found the most awesome website on beekeeping!
http://www.backyardhive.com/
(05-17-2011, 10:58 PM)abridgetoofar Wrote: I recently expressed to the universe an interest in keeping honey bees. Two weeks later, after thinking about it a lot and wondering where I could find a starter queen/hive, a hive of honey bees migrated onto my property! (Luckily, completely out of the way of any disturbance.) Now I just need to find the time to learn ALL about beekeeping. I hope they stick around for a while.
I have been feeling a beckoning towards beekeeping, but I was resisting. I no longer have a fear of bees like I did when I was a child, but still, the idea of putting on a beesuit and having bees all over me was rather intimidating! There were a lot of bees in my yard in early spring when my peach and apple trees were flowering, but then they seemed to have disappeared. There are other plants flowering (tomatoes etc.) and plenty of wasps, but no bees!
I thought maybe they left when I declined to offer them a home.
Then, just in the last few days, I decided to surrender to the pull and summon up the courage to do my part to save the bees. Then, today, guess what? I saw a bee on a borage flower! Then another family member saw another bee today!! They're coming back! Isn't that amazing?
Inspired, I started shopping for the appropriate educational materials. And right away, I just found the most awesome website on beekeeping!
http://www.backyardhive.com/
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