The bees are coming!!

I’m just about finished with my bee keeping class.  I have my notes put together and I think I’m ready.  I’ve paid my $75 for the bees and I’m anxiously awaiting their arrival sometime in mid April.

I also picked up my bee hive from Honey Trails as well as a couple extra pieces of wooden ware I might need.  Chris is a great guy.  His basement and garage are essentially a bee hive workshop.  He also gave me a quick tour of his backyard hives and I picked up some tips just in the 10 minutes we were standing there.

I was hoping to make a trip up to Dadant in Wisconsin within the next few weeks to get the rest of my supplies. I was going to take the family with me so the kids and wife could see all the cool bee toys and we could do some shopping. But alas they are only open on weekdays until 4pm. Which makes a 2 hour trip north nearly impossible, unless I take a day off work and pull the kids out of school.  I will never understand companies that have a physical store and sell direct to consumers and yet are not open on the weekends…even limited hours on the weekends.   I guess my $200 isn’t worth it. Their choice. I’m now free to buy from anyone on the Internet.  Brushy Mountain Bee Farm looks like a good alternative.