Hello I'm new to
B-L :) my name is Andrew I am 24 and have been keeping bees since I
was 10 years old. and since then I have turned a long time hobby into a
business. we have around 70 colonies of bees. My wife Tiffany does all the
candles. it is exciting. a lot of work but very rewarding. we mostly do flea
markets and craft shows to sell our honey, we wholesale a lot. we got close
to 4000 pounds from the spring/summer flow. we are now trying to
devise a gift package of some sort. we found that we do well at flea markets
but most people at flea markets seem to be looking for deals or a cheap
gift. anyone have ideas ? we like how Walter T Kelly has the wooden
gift crates for honey so who knows, add in a little honey filled candy,
honey stix > ? other then that our bees are doing well, still getting
APISTAN in and terra patties, I probably won't take honey from the fall
flow. I would rather my bees be healthy and have plenty of honey stores,
cause going back and feeding 70 colonies in January because I took to much
honey in the fall is no fun. so anyway anyone else having problems with
their bees ? mites ? ....
what is honey going for in your area ?
what are you
charging for pollination ?
anyone killing other bees for $$$ ? like
wasps/hornets ? if so what do you charge ? what is your method ? because I
get lots of calls for getting rid of wasps etc.
talk to all you fellow beekeepers
later.
Andrew