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Any other beekeepers here? Tell me about your hives!
+1I wish I could keep bees.
Damn city ordinances... :/
Where at Midknight? I also am in OC, CA and would love to know where there are related classes.I'm going to be taking one of those classes come the spring. Should be fun.
I'm interested in seeing pictures of your hivesIt sucks you guys live in places that aren't bee-friendly!
As for me, I keep my two hives "all wrong" according to the experts. Small cell bees on foundationless frames. No chemicals. The honey I use in my coffee every day is all the proof I need that it works.
I live in north OC, but i go to school at Cal Poly Pomona. Only reason i got into bugs was the entomology professor. He teaches a bee keeping class and a few other bug classes. Not sure how it would work to take one class there though.Where at Midknight? I also am in OC, CA and would love to know where there are related classes.
Mind PMing me some of those sources?Yay! I'm going to start keeping in the spring. All of my local dealers had sold all the bees by the time I convinced Mom to let me keep some in the yard... but a professor gave me the names of some other dealers, so this spring, I'm gonna get some!
I'm so excited. What are your hives like?
I thought I didn't like honey either, until I had some fresh local honey. It's a lot different from the crap you can buy at the grocery store. And they are lots of varietals that all taste different!Mind PMing me some of those sources?
I've always wanted to start a hive, even though I don't like honey. lol
I sent you an awesome link! You know, I didn't like honey either, until I had some right out of the hive. It tastes like nothing else. That store bought crud tastes nothing like it. It doesn't even compare!Mind PMing me some of those sources?
I've always wanted to start a hive, even though I don't like honey. lol
That's expensive. I'd just drill some holes in a block of untreated wood. That works just as well, and isn't pricey.Ive been considering solitary bees. The Southern California varities are gorgeous(Im in Los Angeles).
I wanted to provide housing for them next to my garden.
Maybe this spring I'll get one of those $20 multi-cell enclosures.