Beemaster's International Beekeeping Forum
MEMBER BULLETIN BOARD => GREETINGS/TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF => Topic started by: beyondthesidewalks on March 02, 2012, 11:09:15 pm
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I've been lurking on Beemaster as a guest for a while, kind of a try before you buy attitude. I like the friendly atmosphere and appreciate the rules of the forum. I have been keeping bees for 20 years. I was on the bee-line back in the 1990s. Have been on another forum for the last several years but found the combative nature and argumentative tone of many posters less than fulfilling. I try to keep about 10 hives. That number is about to jump up with a few cutouts and I have 20 swarm traps out there. By winter I intend to have it back down to 10, maybe a dozen. A fella has to know his limits. In addition to an off farm full time job, I raise cattle and chickens. We haven't bought beef in over 8 years. Haven't bought chicken in 4. We have a laying flock of 60 chickens. Currently running about 20 cattle. Paring that down to 10 over the weekend. Cattle prices are very good right now. Time to cash out.
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Well Welcome,
You can help some of us newbee's learn from posting. I used to have cows, when they were cheap. sold out about dozen years ago. Very rural, I used to be, my nearest neighbor was 1/2mile to west 1 mile to the east, now 7 within 1/2 mile.
Anyway good to have you here.
Joe
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Welcome to the forum!
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Welcome!
Scott
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Welcome to the site!
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Thanks for all of the hearty welcomes.
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Welcome to the forum.
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Glad you are here!
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Welcome to the neighborhood :)
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Welcome fellow Texan!