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Just wanted to drop a quick post and introduce myself here.
I am a first time beekeeper and have already had an interesting start.
I picked up my package on Monday and introduced them to the hive last evening. Overnight last night we had somewhat unexpected bad weather with 77 mph winds. Woke up around 1 am with a sick feeling in my stomach and went to check on the hive after the really bad wind went away. They were still standing and seemed to be doing ok. There were 5 little bees clustered on the downwind side of the box looking at me like "what the heck is that?".
I was relieved to see they were fine again this morning, but we have more weather headed our way, so I'm really hoping we can make it through the next several days without issue.
Anyway, I figured this would be an adventure, but its exceeding my expectations.
Other than the wind and rain, I had no idea how cool this hobby would be until I actually started working with them. Cant wait to do more.
I am a first time beekeeper and have already had an interesting start.
I picked up my package on Monday and introduced them to the hive last evening. Overnight last night we had somewhat unexpected bad weather with 77 mph winds. Woke up around 1 am with a sick feeling in my stomach and went to check on the hive after the really bad wind went away. They were still standing and seemed to be doing ok. There were 5 little bees clustered on the downwind side of the box looking at me like "what the heck is that?".
I was relieved to see they were fine again this morning, but we have more weather headed our way, so I'm really hoping we can make it through the next several days without issue.
Anyway, I figured this would be an adventure, but its exceeding my expectations.
Other than the wind and rain, I had no idea how cool this hobby would be until I actually started working with them. Cant wait to do more.
