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dancingbeez

May 12, 2010, 10:46:19 AM
Hello all.  I've just joined this forum.  I am in Essex CT.  I am a backyard beekeeper.  I currently have 3 langstorth hives and one 4' TBH.  I've joined this forum to learn and share experience. I am also hoping to find a mentor in the CT area. 

Glad to be here.
Kathy
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mysticantiques

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May 12, 2010, 02:25:16 PM
Welcome! I'm from Iowa myself, and due to a lack of experience won't be any help as a mentor. But I'm happy to see another person has found these boards!
I have found our state apiarist and inspectors to be an excellant source of information. The inspector checked out my hives and gave me a lot of great information. He helped me find my queens, explained how to avoid swarming on a hive I'd already split once and was scared I was going to have to split again...I'm running out of equipment! All-around excellant experience. I was surprised he took the time to come visit my little enterprise. At the time he scheduled the meeting, I only had 3 hives.
I'm presently taking a break from constructing frames for honey supers. He said I could put as many as 4 on each hive. I thought holy $%#!! That's 240 frames--AND 24 boxes! So I've been smashing my thumb for days on end now, it seems. I'm trying to keep ahead of the honey flow, which he tells me has not begun yet. How can that be, I wonder, when three of these hives has already nearly finished capping 10 frames each!
You'll find a lot of helpful and kind people on here. I sure have! So best of luck with your endeavors. Check in often. It may surprise you how much help you can be to someone else!
Janet
"When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. In this context the proponent of an activity, rather than the public, should bear the burden of proof. The process of applying the precautionary principle must be open, informed and democratic and must include potentially affected parties. It must also involve an examination of the full range of alternatives, including no action." Wingspread Statement on the Precautionary Principle, Jan. 1998

ruth

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May 13, 2010, 10:25:09 PM
Welcome!  Am a newbee myself - but so far have found this forum really helpful!
"They alone hold children in common: own the roofs of their city as one: and pass their life under the might of the law. They alone know a country, and a settled home, and in summer, remembering the winter to come, undergo labour, storing their gains for all."
Virgil, Georgics IV, 154-157

Cindi

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May 19, 2010, 11:17:23 AM
Kathy, welcome to our forum, that is wonderful you found us, have that beautiful and greatest day, with the same health.  Cindi
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Gabect

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May 19, 2010, 12:58:02 PM
Greetings.
I'm in West Haven, CT.  This is my first year as well and I've had a lot of helpful input from people more experienced than I, but common sense has helped me find things and make things easier on my own. Shoot me a message or get in touch. There may be someone here closer in location than I, but I'm here to help if you need it.
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