Hello from Ohio

[Woofer]

Hello All! I am new to beekeeping myself but have been around my grandfather's bees for many years. We have 15 acres (about 10 still wooded with a pond) at the edge of the Hocking Hills outside Bremen, Ohio (SE of Lancaster). Our mini farm includes turkeys, geese, chickens, ducks, dairy goats, cats, dogs etc. I installed my deep nuc a week ago in my Bee Max hive and am going to do my first inspection tomorrow. I was thrilled when i found that there was an apiary only 7 miles from us (Ohio Homestead). I liked the idea of short travel time and bees that are already accustom to the climate and food sources in this area. They offer over wintered queens & brood that are a mix of several breeds. Our property also came with a built in day lilly business of about 1200 plants so hopefully this will be a happy home for my hive.

Phil

[Eaglerock]

Hello Phil and welcome. My ex was from New Lex which is to the east of you and Lancaster to the west. I went to college West of you as well. Two of my daughters were just there visiting.

Again, welcome to the forum.
Ed

[11x]

i would love to come check out those beemax hives some time. i considered getting them.

[Eaglerock]

Phil, You do know that the new guy has the summer get together?

Sorry, it's the law. It's an unwritten law, but it's the law, nonetheless.

[Woofer]

Eaglerock, I did some work for the New Lex HS so i know that area a little. We'll have to figure out something for a summer get together, just stocked the pond with 100 Bluegill and 100 Catfish but going to be a couple years before they worth catching

11x, let me know sometime you would like to stop by. I actually got caught in a really nasty rainstorm on my motorcycle a couple of weeks ago in Nelsonville. The Bee Max seems to be working fine for now, I think the real test will be this winter. I have actually had the hives about 2 years, originally bought to relocate a "wild" hive over at our family farm in Ashville, but decided they were doing so well I would leave them be. They have actually been in the same place for about 6 years or so and since they seemed to get through the colony collapse unharmed it was better to let them stay strong where they are. I think they are probably one of my grandfather's old hives that just stuck around the farm after he died ( i was living in NM a the time and by the time i moved back his hives had collapsed).