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MEMBER BULLETIN BOARD => GREETINGS/TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF => Topic started by: dmoody256 on March 26, 2020, 03:14:28 pm

Title: New Beekeeper from Iowa
Post by: dmoody256 on March 26, 2020, 03:14:28 pm

Hello Beemaster!

I am a new beekeeper, got a single hive last summer near august, and overwintered them (unsuccessfully). Hoping I can draw some knowledge and experience from this place.

Title: Re: New Beekeeper from Iowa
Post by: paus on March 26, 2020, 08:17:03 pm

Welcome to Beemaster, IMHO this the best forum.  I am old enough to repeat things and most of my friends don't remember, My philosophy : Every thing is true under some conditions and every thing is false under other conditions.  This is especially true for bee keepers. EXAMPLE  A nephew of mine had several hundred hives and his friend had thousands.  I helped them work their bees and they put 9 frames in a 10 frame hive with great success I have tried it a few times and I have the "WONKEST' combs you can imagine.  Try swarm traps it is addictive as fishing.

Title: Re: New Beekeeper from Iowa
Post by: cao on March 26, 2020, 09:46:30 pm

Welcome  :happy:

Title: Re: New Beekeeper from Iowa
Post by: guitarstitch on March 27, 2020, 12:44:35 pm

Greetings!

Overwintering a new hive started in August is a really tough gig.  Were you able to ascertain the cause of the colony collapse?

Title: Re: New Beekeeper from Iowa
Post by: BeeMaster2 on April 06, 2020, 02:07:03 pm

Welcome to Beemaster.
You had the odds stacked against you starting a hive in your area.
Jim Altmiller

Title: Re: New Beekeeper from Iowa
Post by: Bob Wilson on April 09, 2020, 08:43:25 am

Don't give up dmoody. You can do it. And welcome.