Hello all. Soon to be new bee keeper here in middle TN. Kinda behind the eight ball as my bees won't be here untill may. But I am making preparations and reading everything I can on them.
Welcome! Enjoy your new addiction! :-D
Scott
Welcome to the site!
Good luck. I'm just starting myself a little bit south of you.
Thanks all. I'm looking forward to it. On a side note; my crabapple was covered in honey bees yesterday and I don't know where they came from. I had read feral bees were all but extinct in TN and I don't know anybody around here with bees.
Quote from: forrestcav on April 05, 2011, 11:52:39 AM
Thanks all. I'm looking forward to it. On a side note; my crabapple was covered in honey bees yesterday and I don't know where they came from. I had read feral bees were all but extinct in TN and I don't know anybody around here with bees.
Nows the time to start putting your swarm traps out then :-D
I haven't got my first package hived yet. let alone thinking about swarm traps
Quote from: forrestcav on April 05, 2011, 03:40:54 PM
I haven't got my first package hived yet. let alone thinking about swarm traps
Not much to think about. Throw a couple of them together, place 5 frames in there, bait with lemongrass oil, hang in a tree and there ya go. Kinda like fishing for bees
Great to see another newbie on this forum.. I hope we can learn lots together.
i've discovered reading that you ask five peoplethe same question and you get different answers
Quote from: forrestcav on April 06, 2011, 04:52:13 PM
i've discovered reading that you ask five peoplethe same question and you get different answers
Yup, welcome to the wonderful world of beekeeping.
The key is to find out what works for you and stick with it.