700 Members Strong!!!

Started by beemaster, June 15, 2005, 05:24:08 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

beemaster

June 15, 2005, 05:24:08 PM
Hi Everyone:

It's neat to see we have surpassed the 700 member mark and growing quickly as ever :) I did a generic search last night using the word "Beekeeping" and we are NOW the No. 2 Beekeeping Site on Yahoo Search and still at No. 5 at Google - both are flattering and all do to your very active use of the forum and beekeeping course material.

We are still less than 16 months old as a forum and it is amazing to see the vastness of the membership around the globe. It has been an honor to host this site and I enjoy reading every post that I can.

On a personal note, I'm awaiting supers and frames to add to both colonies. C2 is by far the most crowded and needs tending. I've mentioned many times that I don't mind swarming if it helps replenish the feral population WHICH in my case is nearly always the situation because I border a million acre woodland reserve called the Pinelands.

Anyways... All is fine here and glad to see everyone enjoying the forum and sharing their knowledge and experiences here.
NJBeemaster my YOUTUBE Video Collection

Please enjoy the forum, and if it has helped you in any way, we hope that a small donation can be made to support our FULLY member supported forum. You will never see advertisements here, and that is because of the generous members who have made our forum possible. We are in our second decade as a beekeeping forum and all thanks to member support. At the top right of every page is a donations link. Please help if you can.

Finsky

#1
June 16, 2005, 12:19:59 AM
This is really odd! Many forum like in Canada or in Britain  writing is hardly alive.  

In our Forum in Finland it seems to be 35 active readers but writers are few. We have joined 165 members.

Anonymous

#2
June 16, 2005, 03:26:32 PM
According to the latest info I've seen, hobbyist beekeepers are up in numbers here in Ohio.  I wonder if it doesn't have something to do with the recently published news that bees are in trouble in "the world".  A number of the students in our introductory beekeeping classes have sited "the desire to help the endangered feral bee populations".  So, in turn, the increased numbers of new beekeepers are turning to vehicles like this site for their information and to share their new-found knowledge.

Perhaps?   :)

indypartridge

#3
June 16, 2005, 04:43:27 PM
John G, you may be right.  Here in Indiana there's been a significant growth in hobbyist beekeepers also.  Much of that growth is the result of of one man who got into beekeeping as an outgrowth of his gardening interests, and now has an absolute passion for saving the bees.  He's sort of a beekeeping evangelist!  He formed the Indiana BeeKeeping School to train new converts (like me) and is always doing speaking engagements, bee-beard demonstrations, etc. Here's his websites:

http://www.bluffwoodcreek.com/   (check out the bee-beard photos!)
http://www.indianabeekeepingschool.com/

Anonymous

#4
June 17, 2005, 04:20:01 PM
And I wasn't trying to downplay what a great site this is!!!!   :D  :D  :D
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions