I decided to keep bees this year in January. Ordered, built, painted, and otherwise prepped the new hive for a package of bees, which I installed on March 28, 2010. Today is June 13. I harvested about a gallon and a half of honey last weekend, and took a full frame of honey today. I also found out last week that a friend has breast cancer, and immediately jumped into a study of propolis, and made a propolis tincture. I bought a propolis tincture from a health foods store for comparison, and gave her both yesterday.
This journal is an effort to put my observations down as I learn. What will become second nature to me over time, will surely be harder to relay to others as I become more 'expert' on the subject. It will also help me remember and learn from what I observed.
Surely, my own personality and personal life will enter some post. This is my personal journal and I feel free to do so. In some ways, this will save me the trouble of explaining to people around me some of the many things they aren't interested in.
I'm happy to promote anything that will benefit beekeeping, and may mention public personalities in the field. Though I have no interest in promoting anyone or anything for benefit outside of beekeeping. That's not the purpose here. I intend to keep private people private. And people who establish themselves publicly, surely won't mind a good mention anyway. I will never speak negatively of anyone. I'm finding that to be a good policy for life in general.
So with a tad of background done and a sort of purpose for this blog established, I'll excuse myself for a moment with an explanation of why. I'm a paper-pusher for 40 hours a week, and am working on an MBA degree by taking 2 classes a semester. Motorcycling is a hobby I started 5 years ago, but it has taken a back seat in life over the last two years. General housekeeping, classes, work, homework/study, socializing, and hobbies keep me moving at a good pace. And now, it is time to invest some more time in schoolwork.
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