On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Albert W Needham wrote:
 
> On Fri, 14 Mar 1997 08:12:51 -0800 Roy Nettlebeck
> <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> >
> >I have been talking to some people who are starting this year in
> >beekeeping. They want to know , what to do first.
> > Get a Beginners beekeeping book and read it.Don't just read the first
> >chapter like I did and have bees in the trees within one hour.
>
> Gee Roy:
>
> When I started some years ago (then had to give up until two years ago)
> I read the book from cover to cover, over and over. Thought I knew how
> to handle that first package cold!
>
> The package arrived at the local Post Office, they called, I brought it
> home. Got everything all set up and in my excitement (I guess)
> promptly forgot step #1 step #2 and every step thereafter. Had to ask
> my wife to run into the house, get the book and read the process
> step by step!
>
> She was standing about thirty feet up the slope from the front of
> the hive. In the midst of the affair, one little aggravated worker
> literally flew a "bee-line" straight to her, and stung her in "the lip".
>
> We got divorced a year later....wonder if there was some sort of
> causal relationship to that event? :-)
>
> The only good way to learn anything is probably the dumb hard way.
> It can get exciting!
>
  Hi Al;
 
   Your right about the hard way. We seem to put the event into stone ( or
our heads , which ever is the hardest).One can be prepared for just about
everything and still have problems.The important part is , put on all of
your beekeeping gear right the first time. Don't play Rambo its not worth
the pain or even worse. You should be calm around Bees. They know if your
scared and you bring on a little extra attention that you don't need.
 Getting a Wife stung could bring on a few extra problems unless she likes
Bees also.
  Books are a good place to start. But when you have bees flying all
around you for the first time your mind seems to go blank.
 Have a Great One
 Roy