Might Have To Get A New Wife

[jdmidwest]

11 hours ago, BilletHead said:

Not if he goes layens or Long Lang. I'm not a bendy lifter guy anymore. How was your harvest JD?

Pretty light, 4 gallons out of 3 hives.  Pretty sad, most said too wet this spring and they could not forage well.

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, jdmidwest said:

Pretty light, 4 gallons out of 3 hives.  Pretty sad, most said too wet this spring and they could not forage well.

  Bummer,

  Did really good here I think. A little over ten gallons. We were amazed. We left plenty for them to winter on also and probably could of taken more but don't want to take chances by being greedy. 

[Terrierman]

That's a lot of honey!

[Linhardt]

On 10/20/2024 at 7:17 AM, oneshot 1 said:

Been thinking about couple hives hope they turn out better than Worms. 

oneshot 

Or you could coordinate with a local beekeeper to see if he is willing to put hives on your property and give you a few jars if they do well there.  No work for you and you can benefit from the pollination and have a few jars of free honey.  My grandfather and I used to do that on other people property around the area.  We had a dozen or so hives spread out all over.

[BilletHead]

16 minutes ago, Linhardt said:

Or you could coordinate with a local beekeeper to see if he is willing to put hives on your property and give you a few jars if they do well there.  No work for you and you can benefit from the pollination and have a few jars of free honey.  My grandfather and I used to do that on other people property around the area.  We had a dozen or so hives spread out all over.

  I have been asked by a couple people before Anthony. Good idea for you to think about @oneshot 1, I will also give you another suggestion or two when I see you.

[oneshot 1]

I'm thinking of getting couple Hives.

Thinking of getting African Nightcrawlers.  They are pretty good size and Compost well.

 

Going to plant more flowers and not have so many to sell. 

New deal run my Greenhouse from January on. Use a lot of Cuttings and have more plants in the house. 

oneshot 

[BilletHead]

4 hours ago, oneshot 1 said:

I'm thinking of getting couple Hives.

Thinking of getting African Nightcrawlers.  They are pretty good size and Compost well.

 

Going to plant more flowers and not have so many to sell. 

New deal run my Greenhouse from January on. Use a lot of Cuttings and have more plants in the house. 

oneshot 

    David,

              Do yourself a favor and get this book.  Keeping Bees With a Smile | Natural Beekeeping | Horizontal Hives  

   Some reading before you decide what hive to choose.   This is what we are doing.   Listen to @jdmidwest when he talks about the Langsdorf  hives also if you are serious about getting into beekeeping.  You told me also that your son was interested in beekeeping. At your age and your health status take him on as a partner for the heavy stuff, you be the Forman on the job. There is commitment in the hobby for the keeper. Less with the Layens hive but still some hands-on stuff.  At the top of the link are plans for the long hives. Look at this also. Hives of any type like everything else is getting expensive to buy and make.  I built all our hives but both hives I use and the ones Jdmidwest uses can be made much cheaper. 

[oneshot 1]

Ok major problems with Bees. 

One Arm is messed up from Elbow down. If I have to use it I have to move it with my good Arm. I can not lift it above my  Chest and if I go to move it out I have to move it with my other Arm. 

My wife just had to cut a piece of meat up for me. I was trying to cut a piece up one time. I had my fork holding the meat, next thing I know it went across the room. I'm left just looking at it thinking I really wanted that.

Then I fall down often because of one Leg. If I fall down I can't get up. I have to call someone to get me up.

Yes my son is interested but he don't hold interest very long. 

oneshot 

[jdmidwest]

17 hours ago, oneshot 1 said:

Ok major problems with Bees. 

One Arm is messed up from Elbow down. If I have to use it I have to move it with my good Arm. I can not lift it above my  Chest and if I go to move it out I have to move it with my other Arm. 

My wife just had to cut a piece of meat up for me. I was trying to cut a piece up one time. I had my fork holding the meat, next thing I know it went across the room. I'm left just looking at it thinking I really wanted that.

Then I fall down often because of one Leg. If I fall down I can't get up. I have to call someone to get me up.

Yes my son is interested but he don't hold interest very long. 

oneshot 

Not many beekeepers make it past the first 2 years.  They find it can be alot of work and is rather expensive and time consuming.  But it is an interesting hobby.

[Terrierman]

1 hour ago, jdmidwest said:

Not many beekeepers make it past the first 2 years.  They find it can be alot of work and is rather expensive and time consuming.  But it is an interesting hobby.

That's about how long my nephew lasted after we built hives, got a spinner, the outfits, everything.  Beekeeping is fun, but a lot of work and filled with pitfalls that can quickly take the fun (and most of the honey) out of it.