How many bee years are you upto?

[Curly green finger's]

Afternoon, bee years are worked out as follows 1 hive per year .
Since 2020 I’m up-to 320 bee years which I thought was a lot I know some of you are in your thousands
Perhaps I should of done a poll?

 

[jarmo henttu]

Afternoon, bee years are worked out as follows 1 hive per year .
Since 2020 I’m up-to 320 bee years which I thought was a lot I know some of you are in your thousands
Perhaps I should of done a poll?

What is the big idea?

 

[Curly green finger's]

What is the big idea?

There isn’t how many have you got my fairy friend ?

Does the amount make any difference?

 

[user 819]

Sounds like a load of nonsense and something you have just devised and made up.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Soundslike aload of nonsense .

You never heard of it then?

Some might say a lot of my threads/posts are a load of nonsense

 

[user 819]

Nope never heard of it .

Sounds like something someone has devised for one upmanship nonsense, I'm better then you type.

 

[Curly green finger's]

Nope never heard of it .

Sounds like something someone has devised for one upmanship nonsense, I'm better then you type.

Well I’ve heard it before from other beekeepers @ericbeaumont im sure has to,I think I read him saying about being in the thousands.

Possibly that but years do hopefully come with experience even if it is bee years.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Nope never heard of it .

Sounds like something someone has devised for one upmanship nonsense, I'm better then you type.

Well I’ve heard it before from other beekeepers

never heard of such a thing - especially this strange equation involving hives x years or whatever

 

[user 819]

It's a bit like the saying who is the better or more knowledgeable beekeeper, the one who has kept two or three hives for 10 years or the one who has kept 10 hives for two or three years.
The truth is one can really never know as they both may be inept as each or eqaully both very good.

I know of a beek who has had bees for a dozen years or more , they would still would struggle to pass the basic.

 

[user 819]

never heard of such a thing - especially this strange equation involving hives x years or whatever

He is probably confused with feline or canine years.

 

[Hedgerow Honey]

WTF has Mark been smoking !!!

 

[Curly green finger's]

Excuse me ? Nope no confusion here
Good job I didn’t do a poll then hey if no one has heard of it

 

[Erichalfbee]

What is the big idea?

Willie waving
I’m really happy with 73 human years.

 

[Gilberdyke John]

Willie waving

Mouthwash time? I'll get my hat

 

[user 819]

Excuse me ? Nope no confusion here
Good job I didn’t do a poll then hey if no one has heard of it

As I have alluded to made up nonsense, you must be suffering winter boredom.

 

[ericbeaumont]

about being in the thousands

That was Aristotle!
He reckoned that man would have to live to 3,000 to know everything about bees.
Knowing next to nothing, I am quite content to learn in perpetuity.

 

[ericbeaumont]

the better or more knowledgeable beekeeper, the one who has kept two or three hives for 10 years or the one who has kept 10 hives for two or three years

Depends on the willingness of the beekeeper to improve; if that is the case, 10 hives for 3 years will accelerate learning. If not, the beekeeper will be as bad in 30 years as in the first 3, no matter the number of colonies.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Aristotle

are we talking rhyming slang here?

 

[Antipodes]

I think the gist of this post is interesting. Generally the number of hives and "number of years at it" is important in gaining knowledge and collecting experiences. It depends on what Eric has noted in post number 17 though.
Having said that, I know someone that had bees for about 25 years but knew very little more after 25 years than they did at the start, only opening the hives to add supers on and take supers off to collect the honey...so only opening them up about twice a year. Never saw a queen and probably never looked at brood. I know someone else who had bees 35 years and never opened the hives at all. Ever.

 

[Mint Bee]

I've heard the term used. bit arbitory, but I think the intension was to illustrate length of beekeeping is not indicative of experience / skill.