I started beekeeping as a 10-11 year old, when I "inherited" my grandfather's 2 hives he kept to pollinate his orchard (he developed allergies to bee stings).  As a teen I built up the apairy producing comb honey for Draper's Super Bees.  A turn of events led to a different career than beekeeping and I have spent the last 22 plus years in the US Air Force, where I have had the opportunity to visit with beekeepers around the world (Phillipines, Korea, Middle East).  At some of the places I have also been lucky enough to have a hive or 2 of my own.  Now as I am approaching retirement, I have been building up a sideline operation in the Florida Pan handle.  In this operation, I practise making walk away splits (My best results come when I make sure there is no larvae but rather eggs in 1 frame with 2 frames of capped brood.  Some of the walk away splits I made early this year produced a surplus of 4-5 illinois supers of honey.  I use Api life var, and powdered sugar to keep varroa in check. And I am the president of the Tupelo beekeepers Assosciation.


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