New member from Ohio

pegasusblack · June 07, 2021, 01:40:48 AM

Hi there. I'm a new member from Ohio. Just got my bees 3 days ago.

I currently have a Warre hive set on 4 acres of rather populated clover and grass. The areas surrounding me consist of thousands of acres of farmland and a few relatively distanced residential homes. I have tons of trees, bushes, and flowers around my property as well. The hive is about 30 feet from a ditch that usually has a foot or more of water in it. I hope they like it here and stick around a while.

AustinB · June 07, 2021, 10:47:53 AM

Welcome!

cao · June 07, 2021, 11:15:35 AM

welcome

The15thMember · June 07, 2021, 12:14:27 PM

Welcome, Pegasus!

Not many of us here have Warres, but I think they are very interesting, and we'll certainly try to help you out or answer any and all questions you may have.

Ben Framed · June 07, 2021, 12:17:45 PM

Yes welcome to beekeeping and welcome to beemaster!

CoolBees · June 07, 2021, 01:09:58 PM

That's a beautiful hive! Welcome to beemaster. ... and congratulations on figuring out how to post a picture here - not always easy for new members

The15thMember · June 07, 2021, 04:57:01 PM

Quote from: CoolBees on June 07, 2021, 01:09:58 PM
That's a beautiful hive! Welcome to beemaster. ... and congratulations on figuring out how to post a picture here - not always easy for new members

Actually, Alan, when you first join you have to request moderators post a picture for you, as an anti-spam measure, so that trial is still to come.

CoolBees · June 07, 2021, 05:21:38 PM

Quote from: The15thMember on June 07, 2021, 04:57:01 PM
Quote from: CoolBees on June 07, 2021, 01:09:58 PM
That's a beautiful hive! Welcome to beemaster. ... and congratulations on figuring out how to post a picture here - not always easy for new members
Actually, Alan, when you first join you have to request moderators post a picture for you, as an anti-spam measure, so that trial is still to come.

Hahahaha! I'd forgotten that one 15th! Thanks for reminding me. I was very impressed! grin:

Anyways Pegasus, I'm still impressed with your Warren Hive. (Grin). Beemaster is a great place. Welcome.

Bob Wilson · June 07, 2021, 10:01:32 PM

Greetings from Georgia. I also will be interested to see how your warre hive goes. Glad to have you here.

Ben Framed · June 07, 2021, 10:20:23 PM

Quote from: CoolBees on June 07, 2021, 05:21:38 PM
Quote from: The15thMember on June 07, 2021, 04:57:01 PM
Quote from: CoolBees on June 07, 2021, 01:09:58 PM
That's a beautiful hive! Welcome to beemaster. ... and congratulations on figuring out how to post a picture here - not always easy for new members
Actually, Alan, when you first join you have to request moderators post a picture for you, as an anti-spam measure, so that trial is still to come.

Hahahaha! I'd forgotten that one 15th! Thanks for reminding me. I was very impressed! grin:

Anyways Pegasus, I'm still impressed with your Warren Hive. (Grin). Beemaster is a great place. Welcome.

Alan is doing better than me! I use to post pictures but I apparently did something wrong and have got the resize setting off. I can no longer do it lol. I have talked to our good friend The15Member asking for advice. Even she could not help me... Not her fault but my lack of savy with computers...

embarrassing but true, I am confessing one of my weakness! Computers!!! lol

BeeMaster2 · June 08, 2021, 11:51:35 PM

Pegasus,
Welcome to Beemaster.
Jim Altmiller

pegasusblack · August 06, 2021, 12:12:43 PM

Hopefully this helps- but this is how I generally post photos in forums. A lot of the rules are strict as far as image sizes and formats go-so I throw whatever I need to an Imgur and link to the album.

You get full-size photos and the forum page loads much faster for everyone. Also, the forum hosting doesn't have to foot the resource requirements to store them all.

https://imgur.com/upload

Its easy-no need for a log-in, either.

Upload to an album (drag and drop).
Click "Share" to get the link.
Dump link in post.
See photo.

[attachment=0][/attachment]

If that's against the forum rules, please reconsider.

I also use a free program call IrfanView.
https://www.irfanview.com/

Resizing to hit file size constraints is easy
You can open a picture, choose "Save As", adjust the constraints in the popup and save.
Voila.

pegasusblack · August 06, 2021, 12:25:53 PM

Quote from: CoolBees on June 07, 2021, 01:09:58 PM
That's a beautiful hive! Welcome to beemaster. ... and congratulations on figuring out how to post a picture here - not always easy for new members

Thanks! My father-in-law made it for me! He gave me two hives in total! Its very nice quality and very natural. I can't wait to grow my apiary.

Ben Framed · August 06, 2021, 12:27:52 PM

Thanks pegausblack for your input concerning posting photos. I have been a moderator here for only a short time. I am still in the learning process. If this against the rules, one of the other moderators or administrators will let us know. Thank you for posting this. Again Welcome to beemaster.. I hope you are enjoying, and will continue to enjoy this forum..

Sincerely,

Phillip

pegasusblack · August 06, 2021, 12:55:48 PM

My father-in-law says that in all the years keeping tons and tons of hives for his huge blueberry farm, he found the Warre top-bar to be easiest and most natural for the bees.

I definitely understand the benefits of either configuration. That said, I highly respect his input and started with his recommendation.

I plan to make a few Langstroth hives and even try a horizontal hive when the price of wood stops being crazy-and make my own decision. There are definitely a lot more accommodating and standardized solutions for the Langstroth hives available and that's a huge sway so far.