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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #120 on: March 17, 2008, 04:11:52 pm »
Steve,
 I have no bees yet. My Mentor will have some nucs that I can buy from her. Dadant is just a few miles from my farm so I should be able to get the hives, etc.

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #121 on: March 18, 2008, 12:45:53 am »
Hi !

I am 34 and have two hives! If I get promoted I will be moving to northern New Jersey or PA and then I will have 20 to 30!

I was introduced to beekeeping when I was young! got stung by 6 bees in 1986 when I foolishly tried to vandalize a hive for fun.  Leraned to respect the bees and then my cousin introduced me to beekeeping.  However, since 1989 we moved from the country to Gotham and reconected again this year after taking a course!

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #122 on: March 18, 2008, 04:34:44 pm »
My wife says I have the mind of a 12 year old.

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #123 on: March 18, 2008, 07:01:24 pm »
Hey Bennetoid!
 My wife says that sleeping with me is like sleeping with her little brother!
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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #124 on: March 18, 2008, 07:20:00 pm »

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #125 on: March 18, 2008, 10:15:22 pm »
He said "sleeping"!!!!!

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #126 on: March 18, 2008, 10:54:00 pm »
heh, heh, heh,....
Annette,...one more post and it will give you 1000 posts!

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #127 on: March 18, 2008, 11:00:58 pm »
heh, heh, heh,....
Annette,...one more post and it will give you 1000 posts!

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #128 on: March 18, 2008, 11:02:31 pm »
OH Yeah, I am a Queen Bee. I made it. Ha Ha


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« Reply #129 on: March 18, 2008, 11:08:27 pm »
OH Yeah, I am a Queen Bee. I made it. Ha Ha



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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #130 on: March 19, 2008, 09:32:03 am »
Annette, ah, you now the Queen Bee!!!  Yeah, yeah, cool!!  Have the most beautifully wonderful day, Cindi
There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.  The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold.  The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee.  Robert Service

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #131 on: March 19, 2008, 02:31:32 pm »
I'm 23 and I just started. It's so interesting that I don't know why more young people don't get into it. Especially, with how important honey bees are to us!

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #132 on: March 19, 2008, 07:58:57 pm »
Video games are for bleep!  (sorry kids, you should be outside playing)  I'm trying to get started @ 31.

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #133 on: March 19, 2008, 09:49:59 pm »
hey Ashlee!
 This is just my opinion...
I think you're into bees and other people your age are'nt because you're of a "Higher Intelligence!" You can tell you mom and dad i said that! Maybe they'll get you another hive for your birthday, or Easter, or something like that!
 Uh oh,...You really dont have to tell them that.
 Last time i said that was when I called a colonel a jerk! I then told the airman who was making a delivery to me, for him,that he could tell the colonel I said that.....heh heh,...So the kid went and told him! I ended up getting a day off without pay! I even needed "Union representation" for that bit of counseling!...And I'm the shop steward!
 Theres more to this story....In the end, I was getting the better part of the deal, but thats too long a chapter for me to elaborate on right now.....I'm trying to cut back on the lenghths of my post replies! :-D
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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #134 on: March 19, 2008, 09:53:28 pm »
hey hellbentonhoneybees,
 I have family in Fall River!

Hmmm...I think I posted this before :-\
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john

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #135 on: March 20, 2008, 12:46:31 am »
I got interested in beekeeping when I was 28.  I didn't get my first hive until after I did a tour in Iraq. I am now 35 and this is my third year keeping bees. As for the younger crowd, I a three year old and a four year old, both of them want a bee suit and both of them like to sit near the hive entrances with me and talk about the bees.

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #136 on: March 20, 2008, 12:52:01 am »
How wonderful that your children have the opportunity to grow up with bees around.  I wish I had had my bees when my children were that age!

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #137 on: March 20, 2008, 10:06:40 am »
hey hellbentonhoneybees,
 I have family in Fall River!

Hmmm...I think I posted this before :-\
your friend,
john
John, senility?  Hee, hee.  Tell us about the day off without pay that you were speaking of.  Why do you want to limit the length of your posts anyways, hee, hee.  You are the dude that sends us off into those deep gut roaring laughs, tell us some funnnnneeeeee stuff, you know you wanna!!!  Have the most beautiful, funny day, loving this beautiful life we live and groove on.  Cidi
There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.  The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold.  The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, what the night on the marge of Lake Lebarge, I cremated Sam McGee.  Robert Service

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #138 on: March 20, 2008, 10:15:34 am »
hey hellbentonhoneybees,
 I have family in Fall River!

Hmmm...I think I posted this before :-\
your friend,
john
John, senility?  Hee, hee.  Tell us about the day off without pay that you were speaking of.  Why do you want to limit the length of your posts anyways, hee, hee.  You are the dude that sends us off into those deep gut roaring laughs, tell us some funnnnneeeeee stuff, you know you wanna!!!  Have the most beautiful, funny day, loving this beautiful life we live and groove on.  Cidi

Yeah John I second Cindi's sentiments. Keep the B.S. flowing brother. We enjoy your posts! They are one of a kind, very colorful, feel good posts, truly you. Please don't change!

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Re: few beekeepers under 50
« Reply #139 on: March 20, 2008, 12:53:31 pm »
heh, heh, heh....
Ok,....I gotta go wax my truck for awhile,...and fix a broken pipe..And ponder if when i split a hive yesterday if I need to put more bees in the box or trade the 2 hive boxes around. This is my first split, kinda doin' it like MB says, and also by the seat of my pants..You know how it is,....Read the book, do the mission,...Then try to remember what it is you forgot to do that was IN the book!
ARRRGH!!
your friend,
john