Any beekeepers on here?

[FF-Emt Diver]

I’ve been a hobby beekeeper for a couple years now. Wondering if anyone here keeps them.

 

[fireman32]

I and several others on here do, I’m down to two hives. Life got busy, not much time to keep an eye on them.

 

[Headdigger]

I had two hives in April. I'm up to thirteen now. Very little honey harvested due to me making splits this spring. I'm in my second year.

 

[blood on the ground]

Are the bees self sufficient?

 

[Boondocks]

I have some free bees if anyone wants them.They moved into one of my duck boxes,easy to get to.

 

[Headdigger]

Are the bees self sufficient?

Twelve hives are doing very well due to a strong Winged Sumac flow in my area. I have a new split that I made last week that has a jar of syrup on it right now. I have four VSH queens but I will continue OAV treatments as needed.

 

[FF-Emt Diver]

Where are you located Boondocks?

 

[FF-Emt Diver]

Headdigger: You went from two to thirteen!?! That’s crazy impressive.

 

[fireman32]

Are the bees self sufficient?

Pretty much, if you don’t take their honey. There are many things that kill them though.

 

[nrh0011]

Yep

 

[Nimrod71]

I have been keeping bees for over 10 years. I enjoy keeping them, but can be a lot of work. I have had 50 hives at one time and looked after 250 for a couple of friends.