Just not enough time in life. Tuesday was the montly meeting for the South Carolina Piedmont Beekeepers Assoc. and it was very informative. There was an experienced beekeeper by the name of Charlie Holden that delivered a presentation on "Swarm Control and Supering". I have realized that there are times when you have to pay attention to the bees and times you can forget about them. I also discovered you can ask the same question and to different beekeepers and get a different answer everytime. Each one thinks they are 100% correct!!
My bees are coming on March 29th and I haven't even had time to order the equipment yet. I have to order it tomorrow to ensure that I get it in time. Class was tonight and we put together a complete bee hive. It was a "some assembly required" bee hive. The instructor had us put together one from pieces, just like you would receive it from the distributor. I thought the instructor was just getting some free labor but it was actually beneficial. The distributor also sales them preassembled so I still want to check out the price then make my decision. I have priced all the other equipment and it looks like it will cost around $500 to get up and running. That includes the 2 packages of bees I ordered. Each package contais about 10,000 bees and 1 Italian Queen bee.
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