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I am done with the who is and isn't a commercial keeper question. As I stated before It doesn't matter who calls themselves what. If other's find their posts relevant, great. EVERYONE is welcome...

LOL, Mark a trust fund baby? LOL. I guess by that criteria, "having a little help from family", any 2nd or 3rd generation beek is a trust fund baby. Hear that, Brett?

I really wonder why...

The definition, in my eyes, has some wiggle room. We try to maintain a large tent and encourage input from a wide range of beekeepers. Nevertheless, for purposes of this forum, it is having the...

Ian and I are coming from the perspective of businesses being built up over many years, and one might be tempted to think we are just of the mindset "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Of course, in...

This has been an interesting thread, with lots of divergent points of view.
Unfortunately, some of the frustration shown on this thread comes from these differing points of reference.

Remember,...

Please, let’s keep the discussion respectful and quit the personal back and forths. Remember the old adage: “If you can’t say something nice, turn the other cheek”? …..Oh, it was something like...

Solomon, what you don't seem to want to acknowledge, or maybe don't understand, is how seriously we commercial beekeepers depend on our bees health and productivity for our livelihood. This is no...

A bee that would stand up treatment free to the rigors of the common model for commercial honey producers/pollinators in the US would be most welcome, of course, but no one to my knowledge so far has...

Not taking syrup is a classic sign of Nosema C.
Sheri

There is a "sticky" thread now with the Blue Diamond "in the field" link, for easy access through the bloom.

Sheri

www.bluediamond.com/applications/in-the-field

Another year in the almonds, good luck to all. You can keep track of the bloom at the link above.

Sheri

Mbeck, you must just be a keen observer of human behavior, in general.

Mark,Yeah, I did see that. While I can't think of anyone I know who isn't palletized either 4 or 6 way, there are some who...

Those of you finding it hard to believe a beekeeper would drop a load of bees with no permission are either inexperienced or lucky. Not too far in the distant past it was not uncommon for loads to...

Last I heard, semi lots were going for $1.95. Single drums or small lots will be upwards of that, $2.10-$2.40? Pails more yet, $2.40- $2.75?
White honey out of our bulk tank, bring your own...

We have a few 5 frame nucs available, $120 no frame exchange, pick up in Owen WI only. NO SHIPPING.

715-229-4766
info@honeyglowfarm.com
Sheri,
Honey Glow Farm

You guys that want to talk about corn clover and sorghum please take it to the coffee Klatch.
Sheri

I don't know of, or have ever heard of, anyone purchasing land with the primary purpose of providing bee forage. Why buy the land when you can set your bees a reasonable distance away for a marginal...

On packages we require a 25% deposit at order (except for folks we've been dealing with for years), with balance at pickup.
No deposit on queens as those we sell are basically from our personal...

I'd never heard of dunking the package in water until reading it here at Beesource, and yeah, I thought it was kind of extreme, too. We have found giving them a good spray with thin sugar syrup...

For years we installed between 500-700 packages every spring in a manner similar to what Michael Bush describes. We direct released the queen with close to 100% success. No going back to collect...

Ours are scheduled for the 20th, we are usually later than every other bee in California for some reason.:rolleyes:

Sheri

http://www.bluediamond.com/applications/in-the-field/index.cfm?navid=101

Above is the link to the "in the field" reports from Blue Diamond for the 2012 season.
"Enjoy" or "Read em and weep", as...

Not commenting on any 'cheap' nucs from Florida, but our bees come out of almonds so big that if we didn't sell packages or nucs the bees would simply swarm anyway. Because we split them doesn't mean...

I think some beeks just look at cranberries as a means to early summer cash flow. Tom says it well, short term gain (how much gain is debatable) long term loss.
I suppose if you were just trying to...

They've been seen in SD as well. Once we start looking, they may be found to be widespread. Hopefully, as Dan suggests, it won't develop into too much of a problem.
Sheri