Hi all,
I read the bee-l digest regularly but seldom reply.
I've been keeping bees for about eleven years now and truly enjoy my hobby.
I have 17 hives right now but that fluctuates a lot each year.  I sell
almost all my honey to co-workers (which averages around 25 to 45 gals a
year) and I sell my honey at top prices and have always run out before the
next harvest.  I don't think I want more than 20 hives until after I retire
in 15 years.  I hope to build a honey house this next year  just to get out
of my wife's kitchen (I can make quite a mess).  I'm a member of our local
club, Missouri Valley Beekeepers Association, and try to stay involved as
much as I can to help out.  Next  year I think I'm going to try to start
raising my own queens.  I guess I'll get one of those queen rearing kits and
study about it more this winter.  I used swarm cells to requeen this year
from my best hive.
Well,  happy beekeeping.
Rodney  in Rosebud MO

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