How Long Have You Been Keeping Bees?

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Ben Framed

March 30, 2022, 01:21:05 AM Last Edit: March 30, 2022, 02:34:48 AM by Ben Framed
When did you start keeping bees?



G3farms

#1
March 30, 2022, 09:17:13 AM
1971
those hot bees will have you steppin and a fetchin like your heads on fire and your keister is a catchin!!!

Bees will be bees and do as they please!

BeeMaster2

#2
March 30, 2022, 09:23:33 AM
2010
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin

The15thMember

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March 30, 2022, 11:12:58 AM
Beemaster Class of 2018!  :grin:  Well, I actually joined Beemaster in 2017, but I got my bees in the spring of 2018. 
I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led.  And through the air, I am she that walks unseen.
https://maranathahomestead.weebly.com/

BeeMaster2

#4
March 30, 2022, 02:11:27 PM
Ben,
If you?re going to throw out a question like this one, you are going to have to answer it. 😊
Jim Altmiller
Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin

Ben Framed

#5
March 30, 2022, 02:43:14 PM
Sure Jim.  :grin:
My answer is the same as The15thMembers'  "Beemaster Class of 2018!  :grin:  As she; I actually joined Beemaster in 2017, reading and learning as much as possible before getting my first bees in the spring of 2018."

She and I started about the same time. I actually began beekeeping in April 2018 with my first cutout... 

My idea for this topic came from a spinoff from a reply by Jim 134. If I'm not mistaken he once told us he has been beekeeping since the 1950's.  If I'm mistaken Jim 134 please correct me..  G3farms has been at it for a while as well! Impressive.

No doubt we have members with varying years of beekeeping experience .... I would love to hear from more...

Phillip

Brian MCquilkin

#6
March 30, 2022, 04:25:40 PM
2007
Despite my efforts the bees are doing great

AR Beekeeper

#7
March 30, 2022, 05:00:47 PM
1977

TheHoneyPump

#9
March 30, 2022, 09:51:05 PM
1848
When the lid goes back on, the bees will spend the next 3 days undoing most of what the beekeeper just did to them.

The15thMember

#10
March 30, 2022, 10:36:42 PM Last Edit: March 30, 2022, 10:47:34 PM by The15thMember
Quote from: TheHoneyPump on March 30, 2022, 09:51:05 PM
1848
No wonder you are so knowledgeable, HP!  You have 174 years of experience!  You must have begun keeping bees at a very young age!  (At least I hope you did!)  :cheesy:  I was reading the first edition of the American Bee Journal today.  Perhaps you could answer some questions I had about beekeeping in 1861, since you were already a 13 year pro by then!  :wink: :cheesy: 

Seriously though, I remember you saying you come from a multigenerational beekeeping family.  Are you counting your family's collective knowledge as your own?  If so, that number is perfectly valid in my book.  :happy:
I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths led.  And through the air, I am she that walks unseen.
https://maranathahomestead.weebly.com/

Beeboy01

#11
March 31, 2022, 12:15:02 PM
I inherited two hives along with a lot of equipment after my dad died in 1991. Been a bee keeper ever since.

Jim134

#12
April 01, 2022, 07:53:30 AM
     I started keeping in 1957... Up till 3 years ago.. I had my own hives..  Now I help out another beekeeper near where I live.. In Las Pinas ,Philippines.. Yes he only has Asian bees... The Asian honey bee (AHB), Apis Cerana, is found throughout the tropical, sub-tropical and temperate zones of south-east and mainland Asia. This wide distribution has led to variations, commonly known as genotypes or strains, particularly between the temperate and tropical AHB...



                 BEE HAPPY  Jim134   :smile:
"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may  remember,involve me and I'll understand"
        Chinese Proverb

"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways."
John F. Kennedy
Franklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/

cao

#13
April 02, 2022, 12:46:12 AM
2013

rast

#14
April 02, 2022, 09:00:32 AM
About 2005 when the commercial Wisconsin beekeeper across the road from me decided he wasn't coming back to Fl anymore and I could do what I wanted with the few hives he left.
Fools argue; wise men discuss.
    --Paramahansa Yogananda

Ben Framed

#15
April 02, 2022, 11:58:09 AM
Quote from: rast on April 02, 2022, 09:00:32 AM
About 2005 when the commercial Wisconsin beekeeper across the road from me decided he wasn't coming back to Fl anymore and I could do what I wanted with the few hives he left.

Wow, nice of him and good for you Rick..

Phillip

Bob Wilson

#16
April 03, 2022, 09:35:09 PM
2019
Reading this thread makes me feel like such a noob.

JurassicApiary

#17
April 04, 2022, 01:38:48 AM
Quote from: Bob Wilson on April 03, 2022, 09:35:09 PM
2019
Reading this thread makes me feel like such a noob.

Same here, Bob; 2019 for me and bees as well.  Although, my wife says I've been a "keeper" since she met me in '02.  :tongue:

Michael Bush

#18
April 11, 2022, 03:26:13 PM
1974
My website:  bushfarms.com/bees.htm en espanol: bushfarms.com/es_bees.htm  auf deutsche: bushfarms.com/de_bees.htm  em portugues:  bushfarms.com/pt_bees.htm
My book:  ThePracticalBeekeeper.com
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