Now it's a cult thing

[jayj200]

At our club last night we were informed be keeping is more than a hobby. how true but when this speaker. stated beekeeping requires your thoughts to change. to the communal orientation.
this sounded to me just like the drivel coming  from the left. But what do I know?

then our vice president went down to the front row sat on the floor and crossed her legs. this has never been done before at our meetings.
communal or what hippie love fest. where I had to think this way! what!

PROGRAMMING 101
Please club do not have this speaker back!

[Thebulimicbee]

First look to the left, now look to the right, do you see any older guys with ponytails and a beard...


But seriously my last meeting had a lady that was supposed to teach us about raising  queen's and the only thing we learned was that her  commercial bee job was better than our little  hobby.

[Maggiesdad]

my bees sing kumbayyah when they're washboarding, lol

[jayj200]

Yep they opened my eyes long ago!
still p's me off

[flyboy]

First look to the left, now look to the right, do you see any older guys with ponytails and a beard...

Yep almost all of 'em... LOL

[mtnb]

my bees sing kumbayyah when they're washboarding, lol

Lol!

[sc-bee]

CLOWNS to the left of me, JOKERS to the right. Here I am stuck in the middle with..........

[Hops Brewster]

"Become" the bee, Grasshopper.  :-!

ooohhmmmmmm

[Richard M]

First look to the left, now look to the right, do you see any older guys with ponytails and a beard...

Yep almost all of 'em... LOL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxA6zxBMzp8

[chux]

It is interesting to me to see the cross-section of culture represented in beekeeping. Different political opinions. Different beliefs concerning religion. Various economic backgrounds and social circles. Age differences. And yet we share a common interest in bees. You don't have to be a hippie to appreciate that. But let's please not hold hands and start hugging hives, or expand our enjoyment of beekeeping into a statement on society as a whole. That whole "communal orientation" thing sounds a bit out there for me. 

[Ed Gallop]

I agree with Chux. Beekeeping is just a hobby to enjoy. I am a woodworker, fly angler and tier, hunter and reloader, mini farming, and of course beekeeper...  and each one has a different character stereotype. I do not fit any of them but I do have a touch of each one. BTW...  My ancestors are from the Outer Banks and I know a couple beekeepers in eastern NC. I discovered propolis is much harder and pollen is a lot darker red than mine. I didn't realize that various locations make such a difference.

[Kathyp]

I had a lady call me and ask if the bees would enjoy it if she played her accordion for them.  I really, really, tried not to laugh.  All I could picture were bees being squished in the thing as she serenaded them.

[Wombat2]

I am a Pharmacist by profession - I belong to a Woodworking Group as well as the Beekeepers Group.  At Woodworking  when people find out my profession I am asked "why would a Pharmacist want to do woodworking?" - Never been asked that at Beekeeping Group. - People have some funny preconceived ideas.