Recent content by radman

I might add to my above post that in the 54 years I have been without bees nothing has changed. Bees today are exactly the same wild animals they were 50 years ago. The only thing I have had to learn is about varroa and how to manage that. I now have two hives one with three supers on and I...

I kept bees along with my father until I was 16 years old. I am now 70 years old and decided 3 months ago that I wished to become a beekeeper again. I thought I was doing the correct thing by contacting my local beekeeping association. However when I asked the association person I contacted if...