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Hello, I've just begun beekeeping this month, and have had all plans of mentorship frustrated in various ways:
1) My own social ineptness and introversion
2) Demands of family schedule: wife, three children under 10, home-ownership and remodeling, homeschooling, other hobbies
3) One visit to a local hobbyist beekeeper in February was nearly snowed out; and his hive had died (bear-assisted)
4) Local bee club meets once a month; now on zoom... no real hive time
5) I chose a Warre hive
6) Quarantine
So now I read more and more as I'm home on quarantine, and I'm thankful for finding these forums, but still the same obstacles.
Despite all that, I enjoyed building my boxes from salvaged pallets and scrap lumber with a less than ideal woodshop (another hobby). I've enjoyed sharing my excitement with my family: we love to peek in the observation windows; the children helped with many aspects of construction and installation, help me mix the sugar syrup etc.
Thinking short term, I can still get another colony of bees next week IF I build another floor, quilt and roof. Then I'd have to build the boxes to nadir later in the season - possibly switching to modified Warre/Gatineau or Alpine Russian...
I'm open to learning; if anyone has recommended threads and/or willing mentors - thanks!
A pleasure to be here.
Sylvan
1) My own social ineptness and introversion
2) Demands of family schedule: wife, three children under 10, home-ownership and remodeling, homeschooling, other hobbies
3) One visit to a local hobbyist beekeeper in February was nearly snowed out; and his hive had died (bear-assisted)
4) Local bee club meets once a month; now on zoom... no real hive time
5) I chose a Warre hive
6) Quarantine
So now I read more and more as I'm home on quarantine, and I'm thankful for finding these forums, but still the same obstacles.
Despite all that, I enjoyed building my boxes from salvaged pallets and scrap lumber with a less than ideal woodshop (another hobby). I've enjoyed sharing my excitement with my family: we love to peek in the observation windows; the children helped with many aspects of construction and installation, help me mix the sugar syrup etc.
Thinking short term, I can still get another colony of bees next week IF I build another floor, quilt and roof. Then I'd have to build the boxes to nadir later in the season - possibly switching to modified Warre/Gatineau or Alpine Russian...
I'm open to learning; if anyone has recommended threads and/or willing mentors - thanks!
A pleasure to be here.
Sylvan