Natural Beekeeping International Forum

[Celia S]

Hi there. I'm a new backyard beekeeper in Portland, OR. Anybody else from around here?

[ravenzero]

Hi there! I am from vancouver, check out this thread. http://www.biobees.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13210

[major1896]

I'm Howard. Gladstone

[Cacklewack]

You're in a great place to be a top bar beekeeper. My name is Matt and I own Bee Thinking (http://www.beethinking.com). The Pacific Northwest has a significant number of alternative beekeepers.

Best,
Matt
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[AlchemyBees]

I'm brand new in Newberg Oregon. I got my Warre hives from Matt at Bee Thinking. I love them and can't wait to start bees. My plan is to get one package so I can try that, I'm also going to build swarm boxes from recycled cedar I bought for cheap in Sherwood (25 cents a planck) and I'm also on Matt's swarm list. I read "Honeybee Democracy" which was real fun. I also watch YouTube (I call that BeeTV) non-stop. I also bought about 10 lbs of wildflower seeds to plant my pastures.

I have a full time job so the Warre hive makes the most sense for me and my girls. My husband's only concern is that I might try to name them all. Maybe just name the hives.

[birdsandbees]

Celia,

I'm up in Buckley, WA, but grew up in Portland. My mom's still down there, and she's actually called me twice in the last year, telling me about swarms in her neighborhood! I wish I'd seen this post earlier. I'll try to post if she sees another, or PM you. I just can't drop everything to drive 6 hours for a swarm that may or may not be there when I get there.

Ashley

[jsdaniel]

I'm in Eugene Oregon and just starting out with beekeeping. You can see pictures of my top bar hive and read about my experience at ourfreebees dot com.

[biobee]

Hi - could you please put your location in your profile - USA is too vague for people answering questions.

[Balamut]

I used to live in Kent, WA. Kept bees there. It was very bad when it was raining a lot in spring and bees could not bring any nectar for weeks. Lost many colonies. It`s not easy to keep bees in Northwest area.

[EbrgNBC]

Just firing up the honeybee project here on the farm, have had Mason & Leafcutter bees for awhile now. Put together a couple hTBH per "Balanced Beekeeping" and "Gold Star Honeybees" input and am waiting on my package bees to arrive in two weeks' time -- yay!!

Anyone have propolis to add to my shellac buttons which are going to be dissolved and applied inside the hives? Anyone know where I can purchase "ethyl alcohol" here in the PNW? If not "ethyl alcohol", can I use a high-proof liquor such as maybe "Everclear"? Will search the Forum for these topics.