Well, I need to vent my hives a little too...wife told me that one hive (4 deeps) was so covered with bees that you could only see the top body, and even that one had some bees on it.
But I'm talking about haters. I had a fellow beek from my job call me up only to basically cuss me out. I had 3 hives in Feb, as did she. Now she's got 15, mostly from splits, while I had 47, but down to 45 since I sold a couple. She asked how I was getting so many, and I was hesitant to go into it. She asked if I capped swarms, I told her yes. She asked if I was on the local bee stores swarm list, I said yes. She asked if I charge for swarms, I told her if I have to drive a good distance, yes. "YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO GO OUTTA YOUR AREA TO GET SWARMS! YOUR NOT SUPPOSE TO CHARGE FOR THEM, YOU'RE GETTING FREE BEES! I'M GOING TO CALL AND REPORT YOU TO THE BEE STORE!" Good lord lady, don't blow a gasket! For the most part, I have been getting most of my bees thru wall extractions, but tried to tell her that I can go WHERE I want and charge fuel $ IF I want. I may be on the bee stores list, but that's not where my calls come from, I have only gotten 1 call from the bee store's list and didn't end up getting the bees. Not suppose to charge?? You're providing a service to them. Do not pest control companies come out and charge if they deal with it?? If the bees are close, I don't mind doing it for nothing, but with fuel @ $3 + per gal for diesel and driving sometime 75 + miles one way, if someone offers me $ for fuel, which sometimes they offer it right up front knowing I'm coming a distance, other times they offer after I have taken care of the bees, am I just suppose to say "no"? It's my time, not her's, its my truck that I used to get there, not her's. They offer, I'm gonna take it.
She's heard how busy I have been and how quickly I have grown, and all I can think is "hater." I could care less about the bee stores "list" and being on it since that's not where I am getting my business. But dang, really?
Anyone else come across hateful people like this?
Craig
But I'm talking about haters. I had a fellow beek from my job call me up only to basically cuss me out. I had 3 hives in Feb, as did she. Now she's got 15, mostly from splits, while I had 47, but down to 45 since I sold a couple. She asked how I was getting so many, and I was hesitant to go into it. She asked if I capped swarms, I told her yes. She asked if I was on the local bee stores swarm list, I said yes. She asked if I charge for swarms, I told her if I have to drive a good distance, yes. "YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO GO OUTTA YOUR AREA TO GET SWARMS! YOUR NOT SUPPOSE TO CHARGE FOR THEM, YOU'RE GETTING FREE BEES! I'M GOING TO CALL AND REPORT YOU TO THE BEE STORE!" Good lord lady, don't blow a gasket! For the most part, I have been getting most of my bees thru wall extractions, but tried to tell her that I can go WHERE I want and charge fuel $ IF I want. I may be on the bee stores list, but that's not where my calls come from, I have only gotten 1 call from the bee store's list and didn't end up getting the bees. Not suppose to charge?? You're providing a service to them. Do not pest control companies come out and charge if they deal with it?? If the bees are close, I don't mind doing it for nothing, but with fuel @ $3 + per gal for diesel and driving sometime 75 + miles one way, if someone offers me $ for fuel, which sometimes they offer it right up front knowing I'm coming a distance, other times they offer after I have taken care of the bees, am I just suppose to say "no"? It's my time, not her's, its my truck that I used to get there, not her's. They offer, I'm gonna take it.
She's heard how busy I have been and how quickly I have grown, and all I can think is "hater." I could care less about the bee stores "list" and being on it since that's not where I am getting my business. But dang, really?
Anyone else come across hateful people like this?
Craig
Or just ignore her, but venting is good...that's what we are here for.
