A ND Hive

[fliese]

Hello!

I am new here and new to beekeeping. I took a course 10 years ago and finally am in a place to be able to have a hive. I installed my colony 2 months(ish) ago and they are doing overall pretty well (I have a question posted in the Bee Forums about not seeing eggs/lots of drones, etc, but that's the only problem thus far). I am keeping Carniolans because they are supposed to be so gentle (I live and keep my bees on a city lot and have a toddler) and they will hopefully do well in our long, insanely harsh winters here in North Dakota.

There isn't a beekeeping club yet in this area (although there is rumor of one starting soon), so I don't have anyone to ask all of my stupid questions. I hope that I can find a bit of a community and support here to help me get my hive off the ground.

Fliese

[Sundance]

Welcome Fliese, glad to see another ND person. It's
been a slow spring for bees with late blooms and
cold temps up here.

[fliese]

It has been a strange spring, that's for sure. I've liked it, though. Seems a nectar flow might be on, given how quickly the girls are packing it away.

[Sundance]

How'd you do for rain last night??

I got 3.5" here and just 10 miles east they got 7.5"!!

This in an area trying to dig out of the spring flood.
The ducks are loving it though. Counts are way
up, especially Pintails and Canvasbacks (both up over
100%!).

[ChickenChaser]

The ducks are loving it though. Counts are way
up, especially Pintails and Canvasbacks (both up over
100%!).

Sorry....I lost control of myself! Welcome, Fliese.

C.C.

[fliese]

According to weather.com, we only got about 0.11" yesterday. It seemed like it'd be more. Huh.

I have found that in ND, weather is one of our obsessions. Everyone I know obsessively watches the weather. I think it's a farm thing. I have been sucked into it

I'm glad to know there are more ND hives on here. It gives me hope for wintering!

[Sundance]

I'm glad to know there are more ND hives on here. It gives me hope for wintering!

One word on wintering........ indoors. Ask in the general
forums as this is discussed quite often.