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Offline B E-Z

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Hello from Cleveland North Carolina
« on: July 24, 2011, 09:03:06 pm »
Hello everyone.  I started Beekeeping in May of 2011, so I am very new although I learned a tremendous amount already.  I currently have 12 hives and I have two great mentors to help teach me all the different things I need to do and when to do them.  They have proven invaluable.  Currently reading The Hive and the Honey Bee and I am keeping a Bee journal. Started with 2 hives and from there I was hooked and then another 10 became available to me so I am in it now. :jawdrop:

Offline AllenF

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Re: Hello from Cleveland North Carolina
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2011, 10:14:17 pm »
Welcome to the forum.

Offline Course Bee

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Re: Hello from Cleveland North Carolina
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2011, 12:53:07 am »
Welcome B E-Z. 12 hives your first year, now that's impressive. It's great that you have a couple of mentors.
Tim

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Re: Hello from Cleveland North Carolina
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2011, 12:59:01 am »
You are very lucky to have help with your bees. When I first started beekeeping I was on my own for the first 2 years until I found this forum. Still I wished I had a mentor to help me inspect the hives back then. But it all worked out anyway.

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Re: Hello from Cleveland North Carolina
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2011, 08:11:21 am »
Welcome to the forum.   :cheer:

12 hives, I hope you can use one of your mentor's extractors next year. With 12 hives your first year, you may be exporting by 2013.  :lau: :lau:
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Re: Hello from Cleveland North Carolina
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2011, 08:45:52 am »
12 hives? Impressive. I started this year as well and only have two. If I got any more I fear my wife would make me go live in the back yard with the hives :)
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Offline B E-Z

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Re: Hello from Cleveland North Carolina
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2011, 10:34:03 pm »
Thank you all for the kind words.  Really looking forward to learning from this forum and making new friends!   

 

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