Hello from Oklahoma

[SFires]

Hello everybody. I've just joined the forum and I'm really excited to of found a place where I can talk to and learn from other bee enthusiasts. Here's a little about me. I'm 30 years old and was born, raised, and still live in southern Oklahoma. I'm married and have two wonderful daughters. I started keeping bees about three years ago but I've came from a long line of beekeepers. My dad, uncle, granddad, and great uncle was all beekeepers so I feel like beekeeping is in my blood. I currently have 17 hives. My dad bought my first two for me as a birthday gift the rest I've captured from wild hives and from when I've split and grown from them. Even though I've got good teachers here already I'm still looking forward to new things that all of ya'll can teach me too.

 

[REDWOOD]

welcome to the forum, It's nice to see beekeepers from other parts of the globe joining in with our discussions.

 

[pargyle]

Yes welcome, you'll find a useful list of beekeeping terms here (whilst many of them are the same as you use over there we do have some that are different).

http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=27210

 

[Hachi]

Hi dont be shy jump right on in here there are some very knowledgeable people on here.

 

[Galaxy55]

To the forum - I'm a complete beginner - lots of useful information on here and always somebody willing to offer advice.

 

[MuswellMetro]

Hello everybody. I've just joined the forum and I'm really excited to of found a place where I can talk to and learn from other bee enthusiasts. Here's a little about me. I'm 30 years old and was born, raised, and still live in southern Oklahoma. I'm married and have two wonderful daughters. I started keeping bees about three years ago but I've came from a long line of beekeepers. My dad, uncle, granddad, and great uncle was all beekeepers so I feel like beekeeping is in my blood. I currently have 17 hives. My dad bought my first two for me as a birthday gift the rest I've captured from wild hives and from when I've split and grown from them. Even though I've got good teachers here already I'm still looking forward to new things that all of ya'll can teach me too.

It will take some time for you to understand english English but the basic technique is the same,

but remember what workss here may not work in USA

1)we are in the UK a wet maritime climate and that means it is very wet this year with 20" of rain since 1st January
2) few temps below 32F in winter even though we are on the same latitude as Canada
3) summers are not that hot with 80F considered really High
4) A high percentage run bottom bees space
5)our boxes are square and we can turn our long lugged frames at 90 degrees to you on a langstroth (hence you will see disicusion on warm or cold way)
6) open feeding is frowned upon and invert corn syrup and GM crops are not seen much in UK
7)our supers are small 6" boxes and are standard deep brood at 8" and our jumbos are called 14x12but some run diferent sized short lugged hives called commercials or smith (and a lot more types etc)
8)We dont have smallhive beetle yet
9)there is a six hour time differnce
10) and our natve honeybees are Apis melifera mellifera or Britsh Black Bees which has a small brood

YES and welcome, bring some life into this place but remmeber the 6 hours time difference i

 

[SFires]

Yes I am aware that the majority of ya'll are across the pond from me but I have a feeling that the love of bees will be able to bridge any gaps that may occur. Also I'm extremely jealous that ya don't have to many days below freezing.

 

[Beesand]

Hi and welcome to the forum!!

 

[ichbinpaul]

4) A high percentage run bottom bees space
5)our boxes are square and we can turn our long lugged frames at 90 degrees to you on a langstroth (hence you will see disicusion on warm or cold way)

Ahem! Some of us run Langstroths! and TBH's

And welcome to the group SFire.