Howdy folks from central Texas. I am a Scoutmaster in Dripping Springs, TX. I have several boys and another former beekeeper willing to resurrect a retired merit badge. So we are hiving our first package of bees this evening, as well as retrieving a feral colony from a construction site! First day back into beekeeping after about fifteen years and already it's a busy one. Hopefully the feral colony will supply another hive or give enough brood comb to patch into a new frame and boost the package. I do have two new queens as the first package arrived on Good Friday with only about 200 bees alive. They are hanging in there but I have to do something with the queen real soon. Hoping the feral colony will accept her if I can find the old queen.
I'll be back...............after dark!
moT
Welcome aboard.
It is nice to read that you are bringing beekeeping to the next generation.
Sincerely,
Brendhan
Welcome to Beemaster, I also am glad to see others get young people intrested in beekeeping and hope to hear more on how thing are going with the package and feral hives.