OK they aren't actually mine.

I responded to an ad on craigslist a couple weeks ago. A fellow was looking for a place to expand his bee operation. He came here to look around and decided that it would be a great location. Ultimately he is looking to add 200 hives in various places around the county. Now this is just a weeeeee bit more than I was ready to deal with, even though it would not be me that had to take care of them. So we're going to start with 5. He is bringing them over the first or second week of April. He said he would be sure to provide me with a good supply of honey, which I thanked him for, but told him the main reason I was interested in homing them here was to learn how it's done. This caught him off guard but he would be more than happy to teach me since there aren't many people that are interested in beekeeping.

I'll update as things progress.

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My father actually has two hives in his back yard. Funny thing is you'd never know that there are 80,000 to 150,000 bees that close. Most travel up to five miles per day so very rarely do we see any in his yard. Occasionally we will see a few in his pool, as they try to get water and drown.

Let me know if you have any questions about the hives as I can probably get you some answers from my dad as well.

Good luck!

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Hey there UncleJoe,

That sounds like a great opportunity to me.... Have not ever really had hives myself, although thought about it a lot

Excellent to be able to learn from someone experienced.

Bees are on the decline I have heard, so I think the more people getting into beekeeping the better!

Hope it goes well.