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Myark · October 11, 2011, 10:38:15 PM

Hello!
I am new to the forum, and am here to learn. I can see that I will be doing a lot of reading. :shock: I hope to get to know y'all and decide if beekeeping is for my family. Any advice is most welcome!
Thanks,

indypartridge · October 12, 2011, 07:08:12 AM

Hello and Welcome!

I'm sure you'll find this forum to be a great site to learn more about bees and beekeeping.

If you're interested in becoming a beekeeper, one of the best things you can do is get involved with a local club. Clubs often offer beginning beekeeping classes, and are great places to find mentors and get connected to nearby beekeepers:
http://mostatebeekeepers.org/local-associations/

There are a multitude of good websites on beekeeping, I recommend these as good places to start:

Natural beekeeping
http://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm

Nearly 100 online beginner's lessons (scroll down, on right)
http://basicbeekeeping.blogspot.com/

More beekeeping classes:
http://www.beeclass.com/

AllenF · October 12, 2011, 08:43:58 PM

Welcome to the forum.

VolunteerK9 · October 13, 2011, 09:44:35 AM

Read, read, and then read some more. A lot of valuable information from very experienced beeks (myself not included) is here for the taking. Welcome.

Larry Bees · October 13, 2011, 05:42:20 PM

Welcome to the site. You came to the right place. Larry

BlueBee · October 14, 2011, 06:58:38 PM

Quote from: Myark on October 11, 2011, 10:38:15 PM
Any advice is most welcome!

Bee keepers are a pretty opinionated bunch! Take what people say with a grain a salt. None of us have God's manual on how to run the honey bee ;)

Jim134 · October 15, 2011, 06:00:31 AM

Quote from: BlueBee on October 14, 2011, 06:58:38 PM
Bee keepers are a pretty opinionated bunch! Take what people say with a grain a salt. None of us have God's manual on how to run the honey bee ;)

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BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)