I have had a fascination with bees for many years, but never got beyond 
reading a Dadant or Sear Roebuck catalog until I moved from suburbia to the 
country in 1984.  I quickly discovered farm auctions and at one of those 
auctions I bought a pile of white boxes on a whim... I thought they must be 
for bees.

A week later, the bees agreed and a swarm moved in.  I was suddenly a 
beekeeper, a beekeeper with no knowledge, no veil, no smoker.  I knew no 
beekeepers or how to find one.  Where was Bee-L then?

I quickly bought  a book and sent off for what equipment I thought I needed. 
Those bees survived the first winter in spite of me.  As with most, one hive 
becomes two, then four....  I have put the top on at about 30.  The 
fascination is still with me.

Larry Krengel
Marengo, IL

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