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Old 03-07-2017, 07:22 AM   #49
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Default Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping

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Originally Posted by Flynnster View Post
What sort of hive are you going for? Starting with a langstroth it looks like.
Yup - going with a 10-frame Langstroth. The hive I bought came with the two deep boxes and two honey supers plus some basic starter equipment: smoker, hive tools, veil & gloves. (I look super cute in the veil.)

Cannot recommend the bee school thing strongly enough. Lots of people in the class who tried their hand at beekeeping by reading/watching youtube videos, etc. Many of them have been struggling to maintain healthy hives or successfully overwinter them. Learning direct from someone who's been doing this for a couple decades brings life to all the book learning and online reading I've been doing.
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