What an afternoon!

[asprince]

I spent this afternoon with a commerical beekeeper in a neighboring town. I met him last week at a meeting where he was trying to revive the Central GA Beekeeping association. After a tour of his hive shop, we went on a field trip to get me a queen and to check some of his nucs and hives. He has his hives leased to cantalope, cucumber, and squash farmers just to name a few. He gave me lots of free lessons. I saw first hand how to find and identify the queen, eggs, larva, and mites. He also had a frame with brood fowl and showed me what to look for. In addition, he gave me a fat laying queen from one of his nucs to reign over my queenless hive. I read a lot, but nothing beats on the job training from an experienced mentor. I got home just before dark and introduced her majesty to her new servants. Now if we can just get a little rain, we might make a little bit of honey. What an afternoon. Steve 

[Understudy]

Now that is a great way to spend an afternoon. Careful you might learn something.  ;)
And have some fun at the same time.


Sincerely,
Brendhan

[pdmattox]

Great story, glad you were able to find someone close to you with that much experince.

[Mici]

great to hear that
big/commercialy orientated people in general usually aren't so--good hearted.

[tillie]

Lucky you - I had a similar experience running in to Bob Binnie in a beeyard in the mountains last year - nothing is better than watching someone who really knows what he/she is doing.  So glad you got that experience.

Linda T in Atlanta

[Scadsobees]

Brood fowl?  Do you mean Foul Brood?  American or European?

If american then be careful about using any equipment from him, it can be a problem.

Sounds like an interesting and informative afternoon!

Rick

[asprince]

Yes, I do mean foul brood. And yes it was European. He talked about American foul brood. He tried to show and explain symptoms and checks. I do remember the treatment was a hot fire.

Thanks for the correction, Steve