I have been a member for quite a while now but wanted to introduce myself. I have had my hives for about 6 years I think? Jeff Heriot is my father, so I grew up around bees but I am only just starting to find my own feet with bee-keeping and overcoming anxiety when I open my hives. I also have my youngest son now getting very excited about being a bee-keeper which is very motivating to share this great hobby with him. I may be asking lots of questions and while I can always just phone mum and dad for support, asking here means I can read answers from more people and take my time absorbing/processing what I need to be doing next. 
currently have 3 hives with honey supers on, 1 recent split that is ready for another split and a honey super and then 2 splits just today.
Hello and welcome.
I love to see what people are up to good and bad, it certainly helps with making good decisions. I am really new at this (3rd season no honey as yet) I had 2 hives and lost one due to a dudd queen but took a split from the left over hive a few weeks ago and felt really clever watching them make a new queen, I saw the queen in there this week. I am hoping to see signs of her laying in the next week or so.
Linda
(Raglan VIC)
I started with 1 hive. There were so many bees I split it in to 3 hives. I did well for a while and then did grew to 5 hives. I then needed to split and gave some away. I then made a mistake and killed a hive, made a second sick and it got slimed out. Well that was disheartening. I feel like I am finally finding my groove. So I hope I can keep this going.
I am happy to go slow, hoping that I learn things before I make the mistake. 