Newcomer from Melbourne, Australia

Steampunked · April 30, 2015, 12:16:18 AM

Hello folks.

I don't yet have any bees - that has to wait for early spring - but I'm going to be building a TBH hive or two over the winter and getting into it. I currently live in the Dandenong Ranges in Melbourne. My area is mostly wet sclerophyll forest, with a large amount of ferns, and mountain ash as well as numerous other types of trees due to local arboretums and other types of garden.

Our three person family lives in a (very) rundown house on about 1/3 of an acre, with chickens, possums in our roof (they walk up the stairs inside the house) a cat, and I and my partner both work full time in the city. Bees are just one of the additions we're going to be making!

BeeMaster2 · April 30, 2015, 01:22:54 AM

Welcome to Beemaster.
Jim

SB-Russ · April 30, 2015, 03:14:29 AM

Howdy. Sounds like we'll be starting about the same time, although in quite different setups. Why the choic to go Topbar? More in tune with your environment? I haven't heard of many Aussies mention them yet.

Steampunked · April 30, 2015, 04:30:38 AM

Quote from: SB-Russ on April 30, 2015, 03:14:29 AM
Howdy. Sounds like we'll be starting about the same time, although in quite different setups. Why the choic to go Topbar? More in tune with your environment? I haven't heard of many Aussies mention them yet.

Top Bar seemed easier and cheaper to make in the garage, and a lot easier for a small person to lift :). It doesn't seem to be a huge thing here at all, though there are beginning to be a few folks working with them. It isn't an environmental thing so much as a bad back issue, and it's easier on me as the required supplies I can mostly make myself.

SB-Russ · April 30, 2015, 05:28:55 AM

Fair enough. I haven't really looked into it myself too much. Hope it works out well for you.

Sumerduck · April 30, 2015, 04:52:11 PM

Welcome and enjoy.

Maggiesdad · April 30, 2015, 06:02:12 PM

(Waves hello)

GSF · May 13, 2015, 04:14:40 PM

Welcome