Comments on: My first Year Keeping Bees

By: The Beehive Journal

The Beehive Journal — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:42:05 +0000

Great site. Enjoyed the pics and reading the article. Stop by and see over three hundred hive designs and many DIY projects.

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A Beginners Guide to Essential BeeKeeping Equipment | Cookeville BeeKeepers — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:57:23 +0000

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By: Vicki

Vicki — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:12:29 +0000

Love the article. I have been keeping a few hives for sometime now. I am wanting to know where the hives came from in your article and if they are yours and if plans are available for them (wood) or directions somewhere to build?
Thanks

By: Michelle Erbach

Michelle Erbach — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:11:29 +0000

I came across your blog when I was searching for pictures of bee gardens. I LOVE that you have different hives and how they are set up, the colors and the embellishments, so pretty.

Where on earth did you find that hive on the left? Those are antiques! I would love to find one, please let me know if someone is making those.

Thanks
Michelle

By: David LaFerney

David LaFerney — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:09:10 +0000

I know that you are correct – some honey bees are gentle and some are quite hostile – I hope that I conveyed in the article that these particular bees are gentle. I do suspect that most commercial Italians will be similar though.

I’m planning to order some Carniolan queens for a couple of splits, and I also plan to rear a few queens in the future. One of my hives already has a home grown queen in it – I removed those bees from a concrete block wall – another story.

Thanks for the informative comment.