Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
MEMBER BULLETIN BOARD => GREETINGS/TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF => Topic started by: dmoody256 on March 26, 2020, 03:14:28 pm
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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.
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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.
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Welcome :happy:
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Greetings!
Overwintering a new hive started in August is a really tough gig. Were you able to ascertain the cause of the colony collapse?
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Welcome to Beemaster.
You had the odds stacked against you starting a hive in your area.
Jim Altmiller
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Don't give up dmoody. You can do it. And welcome.