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New Bee
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2016
- Messages
- 42
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 5
Hi Everybody
I've been mostly lurking here for a while (actually I did post a while back), and thought it was about time to politely say hi.
I've been interested in bee keeping for a while, but only toward the end of last year did anything about it. My initial investigations made me realise that it was the wrong time of year to start much (slightly disappointed). So after a winter of book reading, show attending, general research, and wading through many and varied opinions, I am now half way through the local associations beginners course and thoroughly enjoying it.
The education has also taught me that most of my initial wonderful ideas and plans of where I was going to keep my bees were all a combination of:
I have also just purchased my first hive (standard national) and look forward to getting some bees in the next few months. I give you early warning that you will likely see further posts, probably in the form of (slightly mad) questions in the coming months.
I've been mostly lurking here for a while (actually I did post a while back), and thought it was about time to politely say hi.
I've been interested in bee keeping for a while, but only toward the end of last year did anything about it. My initial investigations made me realise that it was the wrong time of year to start much (slightly disappointed). So after a winter of book reading, show attending, general research, and wading through many and varied opinions, I am now half way through the local associations beginners course and thoroughly enjoying it.
The education has also taught me that most of my initial wonderful ideas and plans of where I was going to keep my bees were all a combination of:
- uneducated madness
- completely unworkable
- too near troublesome neighbours
- slightly bizarre
I have also just purchased my first hive (standard national) and look forward to getting some bees in the next few months. I give you early warning that you will likely see further posts, probably in the form of (slightly mad) questions in the coming months.