New beekeeper in Indiana

[jeeper038]

Hello everyone. My name is Jeff and I just started beekeeping this year. I am already hooked. I bought a package earlier in the year and I just captured my first swarm last Monday. I am going to make my own boxes, bottom boards, and tops and just buy frames to save a little money since I'm not bad with woodworking tools. I have been reading every book and forum I can find and I just went to Purdue this past weekend for the ISBA classes they were having and really enjoyed it. Jeff

[indypartridge]

If you would have posted a week ago I could have looked for you up at Purdue! Gotta tell you about the funniest moment up there:  a bunch of us were in the lab and Greg Hunt was explaining & demonstrating artificial insemination. He was getting kinda technical, explaining how much semen is used, when a woman with a befuddled look on her face asked "Just HOW do you get bee semen? Do you give a bunch of drones Bee Porn magazines??...."   :shock:

Anyway, welcome to the forum. Maybe I'll see you at the fall meeting.

[Shawn]

Welcome. It seems the bee keepers are coming up from everywhere in Indiana.

[Cindi]

Jeff, welcome to our forum.  This is a place where you will love to spend time, you will meet new friends, and guaranteed you will love to be here.  So nice that you are enjoying your bees, have already gotten into swarm catching and will build your own stuff.  This is a place where you can ask questions, tell us your experiences and stories, we all love to listen.  Have that wonderful day, enjoy our lives.  Cindi