Why some beekeepers fail

[BeeCurious]

Maybe a picture or a diagram? A written description? I'm starting to think Lazy Shooter's perpetual motion wheel is looking favorable in credibility.

I think Lazy Shooter should team-up with Bee Brothers. http://www.beebrothers.org/management.php

Perhaps this picture will be helpful:

[Solomon Parker]

You would think the official Rube Goldberg website would be more complicated to navigate.

Bad joke.

[jim lyon]

You would think the official Rube Goldberg website would be more complicated to navigate.

Bad joke.

Actually it was a really good joke, haven't those people learned anything.

[Solomon Parker]

After seeing the Bee Brothers website, I say this needs a whole thread of its own.

[sqkcrk]

Seeking 1.5 million dollars and primarys only invested $2,500.00 of their own? Seems slim. Also workers w/ only 7 years experience? Seems youngish for such an ambitious venture. The semi would impress someone else, but, like empty supers stacked to the sky, a tarped truck doesn't mean there is anything of worth under the tarps.

A well developed site which appears to show someone w/ business knowledge. I still don't know that they are good at beekeeping and the business of beekeeping.

[Solomon Parker]

A well developed site...

What did you see that I didn't? I saw misspellings, overlapped text and pictures, stock photos, pixelated graphics, clashing colors, and make sure to read the disclaimer at the bottom.

[BeeCurious]

Non of it struck me as being serious...

[sqkcrk]

I guess I didn't look past the glitz. I did see the disclaimer, but didn't read past the first line.

So Solomon, do you think this could all be smoke and mirrors?

Not serious? Then someone has way too much time on their hands.

[JD's Bees]

I'm kicking myself for making my nucs with 3 frames of brood when all I needed was one egg and a bee. Maybe that's why we're failing, wasting resources.

[BeeCurious]

I guess I didn't look past the glitz. I did see the disclaimer, but didn't read past the first line.

So Solomon, do you think this could all be smoke and mirrors?

I'm not sure they have mirrors yet...

[Solomon Parker]

They can buy some if you invest.

Mark, knowing what I know about the beekeeping industry, its history, and its people, it's hokum. Look up hokum, because I mean hokum. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hokum

[sqkcrk]

Good word.

[John C]

...I bet it also.doesn't say that staring at a link to an article is the best preparation to discuss the article.
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It's not often I read things here and laugh. But, I just did.

[lazy shooter]

I learned a new word, hokum. Now I will use the new word in a sentence. My posts about improving the wheel were actually hokum.

[sqkcrk]

I thought hokum was the cordlike stuff you forced into a crack to make something water tight. Hmmm. Maybe that's oakum.

[Blaze]

Hello All,

I am a newbie and started the first week in May with two packages of bees in 8 frame medium hives. All seems to be going well and I do walk by my hives daily to make sure the bees are still there. I did not start this for the honey or any profits, but rather I do have a large garden and for the past several years have not notice any bees around to help in pollination. Problem solved. I did read books, viewed video's, and did research on the web. Still I'm amazed how overwhelming bee keeping can be.

Started with a front end feeder and spilled the whole quart on the front entrance during the first week. Quickly leaned about robbing and ants. Then Flight orientation, bearding, brood comb, eggs, larva, drone cells, queen cells, pollen, nectar, burr comb, supersedure, mites, foulbrood, nosema, swarms...etc. It doesn't stop. Haven't even thought about honey harvest yet.

I'm keeping up with it all, but most people have no idea how much one has to know about raising healthy bees. I think newbies are overwhelm learning all about bees during their first year. I sure am and that is why I believe most give up. I thought bees have been around for thousands of years, why would they need any help from me. I give them a nice home, I feed them, control pest and diseases and thats about all I can do. Bees are going to do whatever they like, so there not much you can worry about.

BTW...Cucumbers and squash are fantastic this year.

[Karen1611]

I enjoy all the comments. I am a new beek and am learning much. I have already made some mistakes but have been adapting. I started with one hive then quickly learned it is better to have at least two. I bought two more nucs on May 31. The learning continues hopefully for a lifetime.

[John C]

Hokum if you got 'em.

[Seymore]

The reason beekeepers fail?

E. All of the above.