Extreme noob here from southern Indiana. No veil, no tools, no bees.... :shock: I'm a freelance beekeeper wanna-bee here.
Picked up some hive pieces and parts here and there (mostly free), bought a couple supers with frames and foundations. I do volunteer cemetery work and found a nice bee tree on the edge of one Thursday and built a five frame nuc box this weekend with the intent of trying to entice the colony into the hive so I can slam the door shut behind them. So I'm just getting started with making the many mistakes required in an attempt of getting a couple hives up and going by this spring. Been putting off this as a hobby for far too many years. Love honey, love bees, time to make it a reality! (did you know that if you fat finger the word honey, you could spell hiney?)
Anyway that's my shout-out to all the other noobs and seasoned keepers alike. Will be lurking and reading mostly but will certainly pop up with the occasional questions for sure. I ain't shy. ;)
You may want to wait until spring, especially if they have been in the tree for a good while. Good luck
Joe
Welcome to the forum and you may want to search trap out on the forum here.
Hello and Welcome!
I'm sure you'll find this forum to be a good site to learn more about bees and beekeeping.
I'd like to encourage you to get involved with a local club. Clubs often offer beginning beekeeping classes, and are great places to find mentors and get connected to nearby beekeepers. There's a Spring Valley club down your way:
http://www.in.gov/dnr/entomolo/files/ep-beekeeper_assoc.pdf (http://www.in.gov/dnr/entomolo/files/ep-beekeeper_assoc.pdf)
Or it may be closer to cross the river - there's a Kentuckiana club in Louisville:
http://www.kyagr.com/statevet/bees/association/index.htm (http://www.kyagr.com/statevet/bees/association/index.htm)
Also, the Indiana State Beekeepers will be having an all-day beginning beekeeping class Oct 27th in conjunction with their fall conference. It's in Danville (west of Indy). Info can be found here:
http://www.hoosierbuzz.com/ (http://www.hoosierbuzz.com/)
Thanks for the info and links indy. Have been gleaning info from this group indianahoney dot org and attended one recent event a couple weekends ago. Plan in attending more as they seem to always have something going on. Will have a close look at Spring Valley too, just not finding any web presence.
I see your from the Brown County area. That's one of my favorite day rides and Metamora is a close second, beautiful country.
Quote from: uridead on September 12, 2012, 01:21:54 PM
Have been gleaning info from this group indianahoney dot org and attended one recent event a couple weekends ago.
SIBA is a great bunch of beeks. I've gotten to know several online and in-person. We usually have a few of them attend our State bee meetings - you might be able to carpool if interested.