I am new to beekeeping, having just purchased my first bees and queens to be delivered in late April. I will be spending the interim buying/assembling the rest of the equipment and continuing to read, watch videos, taking a beekeeping class, and preparing for my ladies.
I look forward to benefiting from the collected wisdom on this forum!
Join a club usually at least here when we have meetings, a bee supplyer comes too. with wares in toe.
gona bee a keeper or a getter have some extra wooden ware on hand cause you'll happen upon swarms and existing colonies
I know we dont like full suits. haveing one on when the need is thrust upon you will save your but
TarlsQtr, welcome to the forum from Southern Colorado.
Thanks for the welcome, Jay and whiterhino!
Jay,
We have a club the next county over that I will be joining.
I will start as a keeper but hope to be a "getter" as I become more experienced and comfortable with them.
I am probably overdoing the equipment, as I would much rather have something I never need than need and do not have. That includes a full suit, at least at first. I started by buying two hives to get started. Once I get up and running, I want to build my own. I just felt that seeing a couple properly constructed would be beneficial before trying to build them myself and doing it wrong. I figure a good starter is the Kentucky Special at Kelley's.
bee ready down here they could burst out of a box in thirty dsys, when the next bok is needed then again in another 30 days. many take longer but some
Welcome