Seems like the local library may be a good bet for you and it comes at a
good time
when the snow flies to just lay back and absorb all the information in one
of the beekeeping books.
 
billy bee
 
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> From: Joseph "Two Shadows" Keto <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: fledgling beekeeper
> Date: Saturday, September 06, 1997 1:05 PM
>
> Greetings to all on this list.  I hope to learn much here about bees &
> beekeeping.  I have wanted to start keeping bees for at least 15 years
but
> I now have an irresistable motivator.  My wife who suffers from MS has
> started Bee Venom Therapy (BVT).
>
> Some background and questions:
>         I live in the west central mountains of Idaho in a high mountain
valley
> (5000 feet).  The winters are looooooong and the snowpack averages 4 to 5
> feet here.  A local beekeeper with 20+ years experience here says
wintering
> your bees here is almost impossible.  He further asserts that many years,
> there can be no harvestable honey.
>         Problem is;  I want to winter my bees and harvest a modest amount
of
> honey.  Any advise would be much appreciated.  Would like to correspond
> with others who experience such conditions (email or snailmail).
>         Would also like advise on what type of bees, hive setups,
equipment to
> use. (I plan to start with 4 hives plus an observation hive.  Would
greatly
> appreciate advise on setting up an indoor (observation?) hive to
facilitate
> obtaining of worker bees for BVT.
>         I am in a very tight financial situation just now and am gleaning
every
> bit of free info possible.  Later on I plan to buy a couple of good
> reference books when I can.  I have a need to inform myself as much as
> possible now though because I am told that I must get in my orders for
bee
> packages and equipment as soon as possible.  I am still in the process of
> searching the internet for info and any good URLs for a beginner would be
> appreciated.
>
>         Thanks for allowing me to post this barrage of questions.  You
must get
> weary of breathless novices begging for advise.  I will now sit back and
> listen and stay out of the way of the adults!   :)
>
>
> Mitakuye Oyasin
> Joseph "Two Shadows" Keto