A new forum section

[BKF Admin]

After listening to members feedback I have decided to try a section for new/potential beekeepers to ask questions in.

It can be daunting making first posts and asking questions that could seem basic knowledge when starting to out.

A seperate section could be the answer to help new members to start posting without seeming silly.

Just remember to not reply with "Try using the search function".

 

[Melbee]

Thank you Admin. As a new beekeeper still in my first year, I think this is a really good idea.

 

[yellowrage 53]

same here only had bees about ten weeks or so

 

[BKF Admin]

Can I remined all members that reply to posts in this section that it is for beginers,I have been getting a lot of negative feedback regarding the way some members are replying.

The whole idea of this section is to go easy on new members/beekeepers,not drive them away.

I will monitor the forum section and may ban any members from it who I receive complaints about.

Admin.

 

[Apple]

I often look in the beginners section, as I may even at my great age and experience in millennia of beekeeping I may learn something new.
BUT I am somewhat astounded by the information requested, when a quick search of the net and or a quick peruse of Hooper et al will give most answers to most of the most BASIC of questions, and can see the frustration this must cause some of the more crotchety forumites!


James

 

[oliver90owner]

Perhaps everybody with a thin skin should use that section, whether a new forum member or not. How to hide from the truth?

If one cannot give an honest answer without risk of some eejits clubbing together and complaining, or it is simply left to those that give out carp advice, then time to give it a rest, I would say.

 

[enrico]

You shouldn't need a thick skin. If you don't want to give a simple answer to some one else's simple question then why bother telling them to read about it or google it. They know they can do that, they also know that they can ask on this forum and I don't see a problem with that! You seem to believe that they will accept all advice good or bad, that is personal choice for them, but I think most people are sensible enough to pick and chose. So some of us are wrong some of the time. At least we are offering support. Being wrong is unlikely to do lasting harm, and it is often a learning experience for all!
E

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Thing is, I know the same questions get repeated all the time - but on the whole by different people, it's all well and good telling someone to 'use the search button' but most people feel more comfortable having a discussion about their 'problem' and maybe we all may pick up something fresh from a new conversation on the subject.
If using the search button is the way forward, then it will no longer be a forum but an electronic reference library
Oxford Dictionary definition of forum:

A meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged:​

 

[bontbee]

Enrico, JBM - very well put, gents.

 

[REDWOOD]

the whole point is to discuss matters and solve problems, share ideas and achieve common goals, and a problem shared is a problem halved.

 

[Andy Farrar]

I live in Andalucia, Spain and would like to take up beekeeping, now that I am semi-retired.
But all the books I have read and everyone I know who keeps bees suggest that it is a good idea to attend a course. Although I have looked around, I can't find anything available in the local area (except the village beekeeper, who doesn't speak English).
Anyone know of anything down here?

 

[drstitson]

"I live in Andalucia, Spain.......the village beekeeper, who doesn't speak English"

do you not speak Spanish?

 

[drstitson]

sorry if that sounded rude but i was trying to make a point - when in Rome etc.

you actually only need a relatively limited beekeeping specific vocabulary in order to converse.

 

[Little John]

There's a lot to be said for local bees and local methods - if I were in your position, I'd start my beekeeping career with the local beekeeper.

Is there not someone known to you who is bi-lingual ? Such a person could approach that local beekeeper and ask if he or she would assist you.
If he or she is willing, then the same bi-lingual person could translate the basics until such time as you have acquired enough of the Spanish language to cope on your own.

There is a possibility that ignoring the locals in your pursuit to keep bees might create problems for you in the years to come.

LJ

 

[Pete D]

Hi Andy,
how about you put me and the wife up for a couple of weeks, she can sit by your pool in the mornings whilst we do bees and the rest of the day and evening we will be on holiday.
I speak English (well Norfolk), pay my own bar bills and am house trained.
Win win

 

[beekeeper aboyoussef]

thanck you admin

 

[nagabee]

thanks for that nice one

 

[castanea]

Thank you Admin like the others have said i too think it's a good idea. After all, we all want to do our best for the bees.

 

[Bakerbee]

Totally agree. Im new to beekeeping and have read up so much but alot of the time you get conflicting advice from books. Its nice to ask a human their opinion. Tho i do have to remind some replying in beginners section, all were innocent naive beginners once and although it must inflate your ego to make us newbies feel ignorant if you write your opinions kindly it would be appreciated. Ive even been corrected on grammer/spelling on here ! That one made me chuckle..

 

[johnone]

aprox about the same time as me.I thought i was the only one starting at this time of year. good luck