jdmidwest Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 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. Terrierman 1 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 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. nomolites, Terrierman and Daryk Campbell Sr 3 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrierman Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 That's a lot of honey! BilletHead 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linhardt Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 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 and Daryk Campbell Sr 2 Anthony Linhardt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 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. "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshot 1 Posted October 24 Author Share Posted October 24 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilletHead Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 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. Daryk Campbell Sr 1 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneshot 1 Posted October 25 Author Share Posted October 25 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmidwest Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 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, Daryk Campbell Sr and BilletHead 3 "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrierman Posted October 26 Share Posted October 26 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. Daryk Campbell Sr and BilletHead 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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