irwin
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Jul 29, 2008 11:13:25 GMT -7
Post by irwin on Jul 29, 2008 11:13:25 GMT -7
Looking for mentor to help me with my bees. Please help.
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Jul 29, 2008 11:50:24 GMT -7
Post by rbees on Jul 29, 2008 11:50:24 GMT -7
Looking for mentor to help me with my bees. Please help. You can always ask the people of this board... |
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irwin
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Jul 29, 2008 13:10:26 GMT -7
Post by irwin on Jul 29, 2008 13:10:26 GMT -7
What I need is for some one to come to my hive to look at my bee's and show me what is what. I can read all day long but when I do and see is when I learn and it takes hold in my brain.
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Jul 29, 2008 14:52:15 GMT -7
Post by rbees on Jul 29, 2008 14:52:15 GMT -7
What I need is for some one to come to my hive to look at my bee's and show me what is what. I can read all day long but when I do and see is when I learn and it takes hold in my brain. Well post pictures of what you see and we'll comment Post losts of pictures |
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irwin
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Jul 30, 2008 7:03:55 GMT -7
Post by irwin on Jul 30, 2008 7:03:55 GMT -7
No camera.
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Jul 30, 2008 11:02:17 GMT -7
Post by rbees on Jul 30, 2008 11:02:17 GMT -7
Then descrbe what you see...when you see it and what concerns you have about what you see. We'll do our best to givew good advice |
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Jul 31, 2008 5:34:28 GMT -7
Post by Thom on Jul 31, 2008 5:34:28 GMT -7
Irwin, Hopefully someone from your area will read your request. Do you live close to Myrtle Point so you can attend a meeting of the local bee group? I know they were interested in having me do another class down there next March or April, one where we use the second day to go through hives. I hope this helps.
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irwin
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Aug 1, 2008 7:23:14 GMT -7
Post by irwin on Aug 1, 2008 7:23:14 GMT -7
I got someone to come by today at 3:00 pm he will tell me what is what so when I think I have a problem I will be able to to tell you what I see right now I realy don't know what I'm looking at. And Thom would you please let me know if you do come down and what time you will be there so I can plan my work around that time.
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Aug 2, 2008 5:31:15 GMT -7
Post by Thom on Aug 2, 2008 5:31:15 GMT -7
Irwin, I don know when. When I did the class down there last year they mentioned that they want to do it again next year. So keep in touch with the Association down there or check the message board or the events page at orsba.org. I will post all upcoming classes there.
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Aug 12, 2008 8:03:20 GMT -7
Post by irwin on Aug 12, 2008 8:03:20 GMT -7
I don't think anybody Read's this form from my area Joe stopped by but all he did was have me lift the top of my hive and said they look good and to add a supper and an excluder not much help but he was a nice guy to talk to. so I guess I'll go it alone. The local club is a forty mile drive one way and are at 7:00 pm so if I go I will get two hour's sleep before I have to go to work.  |
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Aug 12, 2008 11:23:32 GMT -7
Post by rbees on Aug 12, 2008 11:23:32 GMT -7
I don't think anybody Read's this form from my area Joe stopped by but all he did was have me lift the top of my hive and said they look good and to add a supper and an excluder not much help but he was a nice guy to talk to. so I guess I'll go it alone. The local club is a forty mile drive one way and are at 7:00 pm so if I go I will get two hour's sleep before I have to go to work. add a super now? That doesn't make much sense to me Seriously...get a camera...or borrow one if you wish and take pictures of what your concerns.. WE WILL HELP YOU! |
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Aug 24, 2008 22:14:49 GMT -7
Post by bugleman on Aug 24, 2008 22:14:49 GMT -7
Irwin,
Are they in a single deep?
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Aug 26, 2008 7:42:15 GMT -7
Post by irwin on Aug 26, 2008 7:42:15 GMT -7
I have one deep two medium's they are queenless and got a laying worker because I didn't know what to look for but I found this site with great pic's and rbees I think that I know now what I'm looking at I have a nuc on the way I found out this morning to help with this problem This is just alot of new thing's for me to learn
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Aug 27, 2008 10:26:20 GMT -7
Post by michelle on Aug 27, 2008 10:26:20 GMT -7
Hey, Irwin--
I know how frustrating it can be to feel in the dark. I third the advice to get a cheap digital camera so that you can take pics and post them here.
Look on Craigslist or eBay for a camera--even some of the cheap keychain digital cameras are handy to keep in your bee gear. (My beau is a cell-phone photographer extraordinaire, by the way).
I'm a visual learner, and when I started out with beekeeping, I was lucky to have Keith DeLaPlane's "Honey Bees & Beekeeping: A Year in the Life of an Apiary". The book's got tons of great graphics, and is spiral bound so you can even take it out to the bee yard and have it open to a page you'd like to refer to. It also has a DVD to accompany it.
Finding mentors to show you, step by step, how to correctly work a hive and identify stuff can be tough.
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Aug 28, 2008 15:56:40 GMT -7
Post by beehivequeen on Aug 28, 2008 15:56:40 GMT -7
:)Irwin- I am in somewhat the same situation. I thought all was good and I do have a lot of honey BUT I can't find a queen anywhere and some of them seemed to have swarmed at some point in the last month.....I think we have to tolerate not quite knowing enough until we can really get it. Hopefully they will survive the winter in spite of our ignorance!! I seem to do a lot of googling and reading of this board in addition to a bunch of books & I still don't quite get it. I wish you the best of luck in this adventure.
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