# Beekeeping School! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Bee Chat\ **Created:** [February 21, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-school/5251 "2016-02-21T15:51:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-school/5251/1 "2016-02-21T15:51:50Z")
Learned a lot at bee school yesterday and I am now an official member of the Cherokee Beekeeper’s Club! This is a county in the state of Georgia in the U.S. I got confident enough to pull a full frame of bees from a hive and inspect it without gloves, hat or veil! Yes, some crawled on my hands and a couple landed on my head but they weren’t upset so no stings I won a 10-frame starter hive as a raffle prize too! ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/6/6a67a5e81f1c43fc382bb01a1c01d49a77ca5b3a.jpg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/5/5367699156243f72148cb0330b3fe6d0739bf1e8.jpg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/5/5561ac78305e7656299d803572cccf80ca2f3b71.jpg) ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/b/ba627117f019e4f2e4fa2d7a174f49636de08490.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Valli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/valli/32/159_2.png) [@Valli](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Valli)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-school/5251/2 "2016-02-21T16:04:02Z")
Well done you - not all bees will be so nice so do take care. I can go gloveless with my bees but some I would not trust. ---
**Author:** ![Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/bobby_thanepohn/32/2503_2.png) [@Bobby\_Thanepohn](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Bobby_Thanepohn)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-school/5251/3 "2016-02-21T16:15:13Z")
Thank you and trust me @Valli, I’m not trying to set a precedent 😉 Given the several hives we worked with had been transported that morning as well as the day being overcast, cool and sprinkling, I was well-prepared for a different outcome. My prize! Won’t go well with my Flow, but at least I have room to expand should I split or need to stave off a swarm. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/honeyflow/original/2X/7/7393f9fd394bbd1fb769482d1e7fea2664b3556f.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Valli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/valli/32/159_2.png) [@Valli](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Valli)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-school/5251/4 "2016-02-21T16:42:06Z")
You will find any equipment will be useful - it is Langstroth so not bad all in all - you can never have too much equipment ---
**Author:** ![Andrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/andrew/32/338_2.png) [@Andrew](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Andrew)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-school/5251/5 "2016-02-22T09:15:14Z")
I saw these nice quiet bees one day while removing bees for a place that does weddings… it was only a handful so I just put on some short gloves to pick them up and put them in a box… what could possibly go wrong 😄 so I put both hand around the beard on the side of the barrel and boom!!! I got 6 stings on my bare arms… 😂