from Durham, NC

[Paladin]

I'm Alwyn, and I'm a first year beekeeper.
I've been a home brewer for a couple years, especially focused on mead. After a couple of years of mulling it over, I finally pulled the trigger this year and got some hives. Originally, I just wanted honey for "free". But I've got three hives and a nuc, and I've done a couple cutouts, and I've realized that I really enjoy beekeeping as well. Obsessed might be more accurate. I've got bees on the brain all the time.
I'm hoping to find a spot for a small bee yard and grow to a hundred hives (eventually).

[BuzzIn Bill]

I'm Alwyn, and I'm a first year beekeeper.
I've been a home brewer for a couple years, especially focused on mead. After a couple of years of mulling it over, I finally pulled the trigger this year and got some hives. Originally, I just wanted honey for "free". But I've got three hives and a nuc, and I've done a couple cutouts, and I've realized that I really enjoy beekeeping as well. Obsessed might be more accurate. I've got bees on the brain all the time.
I'm hoping to find a spot for a small bee yard and grow to a hundred hives (eventually).

Welcome! I am also in Durham NC and new to bee keeping.

[scdw43]

Welcome

[Keefis]

Now you're hooked. I'm in northeastern NC. So we will have similar issues.
I wonder if the bees would tip one back? Maybe on Labor day you can put a bottle of mead in their water dish, and party like its 1399.

[AmericasBeekeeper]

Welcome Alwyn! So have you figured out honey is not free yet?

[Belewsboy]

Welcome from another North Carolina Beekeeper. I was gonna try the Mead thing, but my Russians keep insisting on Vodka.

[sfisher]

Welcome from South Carolina

[Specialkayme]

Welcome to the site!

[heaflaw]

Welcome