I'm a Happy Beek today....

BeeHopper · April 03, 2008, 05:26:32 PM

The State Apiarist gave my girls a Clean Bill of Health today. It is my first inspection since I began keeping bees, I just wanted to share the good news. :-D

mgates61 · April 03, 2008, 06:55:21 PM

Gotta love a good report. WTG !!!!

Mike

pdmattox · April 03, 2008, 08:20:54 PM

Congrats. :)

DayValleyDahlias · April 03, 2008, 10:16:55 PM

That is GREAT news!

annette · April 03, 2008, 10:26:24 PM

yes, wonderful news. Wish I could get a certificate of some sort. Well maybe not.

DayValleyDahlias · April 04, 2008, 12:28:21 AM

They don't seem to care about us Beeks in California do they Annette?

annette · April 04, 2008, 12:31:28 AM

Extremely unregulated out here. Wonder why??

Michael Bush · April 04, 2008, 08:11:06 AM

75% of the bees in North America get taken to California for pollenation and then removed from California. Can you imagine trying to control that?

BeeHopper · April 04, 2008, 09:17:34 AM

Quote from: Michael Bush on April 04, 2008, 08:11:06 AM
75% of the bees in North America get taken to California for pollenation and then removed from California. Can you imagine trying to control that?

I never gave it that much thought, indeed it would be a huge task. Hives that are OverWintered in NJ are inspected.

Barbara · April 04, 2008, 09:44:18 AM

I live in Maryland and one of the state inspectors came to our short course meetings, which have been the last several weeks, and he said he would be out to inspect our hives once we got our bees, sometime this summer. He made it sound like they came through every year. He has been very very helpful and informative in our classes.

Barbara

Bennettoid · April 04, 2008, 04:54:53 PM

Here in Delaware they tend to focus on the commercial beeks, but I still have to register and they reserve the right to inspect if they want. Its cool though, the head Apiarist is a friend of mine.