Hi... introducing myself is always kind of awkward, so let's see what come this time...
I am a 30 year old men from Portugal, living in Finland.
In portugal i have studied Music Theory and worked for some time as a teacher, but then decided i wanted to stop for one year, go abroad, do some voluntary work, see different things, different people, different cultures.
Indeed i had a nice experience. I came as a volunteer to Finland where i have been working on a Camphill Community (a movement with communities with people with special needs - autism, down syndrome,...). In this community i worked mostly in our bio-dinamical farm and vegetable garden.
After this year in finland i continued traveling and lived/worked in bio-dynamical farms in Ireland and in south France.
they were all very nice places to be and to work but, in the end, i realized Finland had already gotten my heart, so i decided to come back and, since then, i am again in the same community as a co-worker.
Now to the bee passion...
Well, my parents kept bee in portugal when i was young boy (i think the most they had was 18 hives). At some point (maybe when i was 12/13) the bees were always sick and my parents didn't want to give them medicine or chemical stuff so, little by little, the bee hives were empty. =(
I was quite young, but i think the passion for bees stayed somewhere inside me, waiting for the opportunity to come out!!
I am now already for a couple of years living and working in farms so the wish to keep bees are grown and grown. I have looked for someone to help me, to mentor me, but this has proven very hard.
Anyway, this year i decided with or without mentor it was time for me to get a bee hive.
And so it was, i made some phone calls, talked to some people and, finally, a friend found a little swarm for me! =)
So, since 6 weeks, i am now a beekeeper-wanna-be! =)
I have now 1 bee hive (i think it is a very very old landstroth with 9 frames). There is a Deep Body that on my last visit looked very well and growing fast, so i have added a Honey Super.
I don't think this year they will have time to make enough honey for us to HHHHHHmmmmmmmmmm =), but well, that's not really the point!
I can't wait for my next visit to the hive! =)
Well, i wanted to put a couple of pictures, but i got a warning say i don't have enough post to have the right to do it. hmmm, maybe later then...
Nice to be part of a beekeeping forum. =)
See you all around!
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