You have decided to become a beekeeper. Congratulations and welcome to a fascinating hobby. Your next step is to decide where to put your bee yard. Let's take a look at choosing a location.
Another great bee article Margaret. '
We had a pond in one of our pastures that wasn't far from the hives. We kept the hives at the edge of our small fruit tree orchard.
We loved out bees. With the exception of one new hive we brought home, all of them were very calm and not aggressive at all.
We had to burn the new hive. We made the mistake of not checking the hive internally before bringing it home. We had them several days before Cliff had the chance to open the hive up.
As soon as he took the lid off he knew something wasn't right. It had a terrible odor. He called the county inspector to come check it out. Sure enough it was a diseased hive, that is probably why they were aggressive.
We medicated out other hives just to make sure they stayed healthy. Lesson learned.
Name: Margaret Delta KY I'm A Charley's Girl For Sure
Ouch on that diseased hive. That's why it's important to check your source for bees before you buy them. The man we got ours from showed my husband the bees he was getting before he put them in the hive he took with him. It's also important if you are buying used equipment to make sure it's disease free as some of the diseases can live in the hive body and tools for a long time.
It was a sad lesson to learn, that's for sure. Many years ago. That was early in our adventure with bees. We learned so much for our County bee guy, he was such a knowledgeable person and loved helping people get started.
We are really lucky to have some one like you here at ATP to keep new bee owners from making the mistake we made.
