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alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 12918
Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 2:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I am a Devon Beekeeper, and I am a member of the North Devon Apairy, at Horstone.

joanne



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm a beekeeper in Lancashire and have just taken my BBKA Basic Beekeeping exam this weekend - I've had bee's for just over 12 months and can safely say I know the theory better than the reality!

I'm the Webmaster for the Lancaster Beekeepers

Mrs Fiddlesticks



Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

beekeeper here with my husband. We've only being playing this game for a year but have recently teamed up with an experienced bee-keeper in the village and have set up a village apiary at the alloments with at the moment 3 hives in it

Members of Oxford BKA but are probably going to transfer to Newbury and vale when membership lapses to fit in with the other beekeepers in the village - t'will be more sociable that way

Quail By Mail



Joined: 11 Apr 2008
Posts: 295
Location: Brixham, South Devon
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I assume trouble shooting with beekeeping (like Sally's query) is very similar to gardening questions except nobody tries to guess at beekeeping questions!!!!! In other words, can fellow beekeepers be the best source of help or can answers always be found in those bee books that only have a handful of photos?

Mrs Fiddlesticks



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 3:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Quail By Mail wrote:
In other words, can fellow beekeepers be the best source of help or can answers always be found in those bee books that only have a handful of photos?


both. It is said if you ask 3 bee-keepers a question you'll get 4 different answers as to what to do. And a fair few of us would scuttle off to the books first before answering you

alison
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Definately agree Julie.

I did my basic last year, and was going to do the next modual this year, but when I did my knee in the pain killers they gave me scrambled my brain too much when I was revising, so I didn't do it, but I will next year.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 3:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I did a course this year at the same apiary as Alison in North Devon & hope to be getting my bees soon.

woodsprite



Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2943
Location: North Herefordshire
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

In our house hubby is head beekeeper and I'm very much his assistant. We have had our bees for 12 months and are members of the Ludlow branch of BBKA. We currently have 2 hives, one nice queen and one nasty queen.

chez



Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 5:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We have four hives which we keep at Mochyn's. It looks like one is bad tempered .

We've been keeping them for a couple of years - and like you, I grew up around them, with my Ma keeping them.

We belong to the Montgomeryshire association. I'd look in the book before I answered you, too .

Lionheart



Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 427
Location: Cheshire
PostPosted: Mon Jul 14, 08 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Wannabee beekeeper here....sat with an empty hive at the top of the garden and hoping that even at this late date it might get a visit from a passing swarm.

I've been waiting for a nuc in the area for ages, but there's nothing about. At this rate it'll be next year before I have any!

:-/

Citrine



Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 51
Location: Kent
PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 7:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hubby and I are new beekeepers - we're members of Kent BBKA, have done a couple of courses AND have an experienced mentor to hand - he's from a different association.
I kept a diary of our experiences, so as to look back on how we progress.

Good luck with it, it sounds like you have a good background!

Tavascarow



Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall
PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Been keeping bees on & off for 20+ years, don't know of any downsides apart from the occasional stinging.
Bees are unlike any other livestock in that they are completely wild so you have to learn to work with them not over them which makes it more interesting.
Currently working with 3 colonies here in South Cornwall.


Sarah D



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 08 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bee keeper here.
No downsides.
Don't belong to anything.

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