New to the Forum? Introduce yourself!

[smorganpark]

Hello!

My name is Morgan and I live in Tennessee. My sister and I want to become Beekeepers. We have no experience but are working hard to learn and doing our research. We would love any advice!

[Dawn_SD]

Hi Morgan,

Welcome! The best place to start is by joining a local bee club and going to some classes. Local knowledge is so helpful in success. Many classes will give you some hands-on experience and give you a chance to see whether you enjoy it as much as you hope.

If you have any specific questions, please ask them here. We aim to be supportive and nurturing as a community.

[MissKathy]

Hello. I'm from Texas. My husband and I will be moving to our 20 acres this year and want to keep bees as a hobby, for pollination, and of course for the honey. We know very little but are eager to learn. This forum will bee a great source and community for us. 🏻

[Dawn_SD]

Welcome. Read all you can, join a local beekeeping club and ask lots of questions. We are all still learning, even those who have kept bees for decades, so there are no stupid questions!

[MissKathy]

Thanks dawn. I look forward to any and all help.

[Robert_Davis]

Hello, I am also in Arkansas and newlyrics keeping bees. Around which part are you in and how has it gone so far?

[Blackdog55]

Hi Julie,
I was curious how you plan to deter bears. My daughter lives in Eagle River and has them in her garden all the time.

[adagna]

Electric fences seem to be the answer I see given most often.

[1Rsvp42]

I am yet to be a beekeeper. I live in Anderson S.C.and am trying to site the best spot for a Flow hive.
I also have a grandson who has a conventional hive in SW Virginia and would like to get him started. The temperature in winter is Hardiness Zone 6, I am in HZ 8. I am a retired landscape designer/horticultural consultant,age 74. Anybody near here?

[Flozza]

Hey everyone,

I'm from Berne, Switzerland and i'm starting in my first bee season! Really excited to dive into the beeworld!

[BYUDUDE]

I'm new to the forum , we have an established traditional
Bee Hive and just purchased the Honey Flo and it is assembled and ready to go.
My question is if I set the honey flow box next to my established traditional hive , will the bees migrate into the honey flow box and start a new colony.

[Dawn_SD]

Hi there and welcome!

The answer to your question is.... it depends. If a passing swarm finds your new hive, they might decide to like it and stay, but they might not. Bees from the hive next door will stay with their queen and her brood, unless she decides to swarm. So the only ways to populate your new hive are:
1. Buy new bees - a package or a nucleus, both with a queen.
2. Split your existing hive if it is strong, especially if it looks likely to swarm (queens cells being made and populated)
3. Catch a swarm locally, and hope it has a queen in it - most do, but not all, and even if they do, sometimes the queen gets left behind during the capture.

Anyhow, it seems like you have a lot to learn. Read as much as you can on this forum, join a local beekeeping club and get some books about beekeeping and bee biology.

Good luck!

Dawn

[BYUDUDE]

Thanks Dawn ,
For taking the time to respond so fast.

[MagHonig]

Hi,
i'm from Salzburg / AUSTRIA (no Känguru but Mozart ). In the next weeks i beginn with my bees.
I ordered 7 flow - frames and look forward to the result . running I'll on 2 beehives .
Beginners and a new sytem in use, the bees to show it to me .

Servus Wolfgang

[JeffH]

Hi Max, I just want to say "here here" on the 'natural high'.

[MrSeelig]

Hello from Wisconsin! I am yet to be a bee keeper, but my first hive is supposed to ship sometime this April. The first colony will be located on an organic produce farm with a natural creek flowing near by.

[NoLongerNurse]

Hello from Alabama, USA I have just opened my boxes and I am so excited to get started. I have been in the process of moving since my boxes arrived, so I am one happy lady today.

[tra101]

Hi! Im from Canada New Brunswick,small town call Tracadie. I am very excited to start this brand new experience. I have lots of blueberry bushes and fuits trees on my 3 acres of land, i noticed a significant drop in bees.That s is my contribution to this beautiful planet that we live on . Serge :)))

[tra101]

Where can i go to see some video on nucleus and how to indroduce the bees into my honey flow? thanks

[Dawn_SD]

That and more right here:

Flowhive Video Instruction

Nucleus installation is episode 6