Dave Slusher - Tech Stuff

How much #beekeeping and #beekeeper Mastodon is there? As a first year newbie, I imagine there is a point where I will get enough discussion about how one can organize a Langstroth hive. It will take a lot to get there, though.

Got my stuff over the weekend, 2 nucs of bees in ~second week of April or whenever they choose to be ready. This week I'm buying cinder blocks, white silage tarp at the rec of my mentor (because the ground in my yard is very friendly to small hive beetles.)

I had to get over my analysis paralysis. There are so many ways to set up a hive so I just had to pick one.

Mar 22 at 9:45pmWeb
Show threadDave Slusher - Tech StuffMar 23
@geniodiabolico So the short answer to my question is: "Yes, there seems to be plenty of #beekeeping on Mastodon". I can't wait until my hives are set up and I get my bees!
Show threadSam LevineMar 22
@geniodiabolico I know of at least two? @ai6yr and @piiabartos
Show threadAI6YR BenMar 23
@SRLevine @geniodiabolico @piiabartos Yep, feel free to ask questions.
Show threadPiia BartosMar 23
@SRLevine @geniodiabolico @ai6yr My beekeeping is a bit different due to the Finnish climate and long winters, but feel free to ask. For the small hive beetle I can't help because we don't have those. Maybe because of the winter.
Show threadBrian H.Mar 22
@geniodiabolico 👋 🐝
Show threadTillman ReuterMar 22
@geniodiabolico I am very deeply interested in honey bee research, yet don’t keep bees anymore
Show threadPollinatorsMar 22
@geniodiabolico Hi! Mastodon has beekeeping enthusiasts! You will find your people with the hashtags. The hashtags are free. #beekeeping, #beehives, #beeswarm
Show threadDave Slusher - Tech StuffMar 23
@Pollinators Great, I have followed all of those.
Show threadTommy PoulsenMar 22
@geniodiabolico
Hey Dave 👋 Danish #beekeeper here - good luck with your hives!
Show threadDave Slusher - Tech StuffMar 22
@tommyhp Thanks! I had a job with lots of travel and Copenhagen was my favorite of all the places I went. When is the productive part of your year? I'd expect you have a similar climate and beekeeping year to the upper center of the USA. I learned in my course that most of the commercial honey in the US, like over 80% comes from the Dakotas.
Show threadTommy PoulsenMar 23
@geniodiabolico
Copenhagen is nice, they have an inner city beekeeping project going on there. Our bees have been active for a couple of weeks now, but the season really kicks off when the dandelions bloom in April and lasts until September when we feed them for the winter. I suppose you're influenced by inland climate with colder winters and warmer summers than we usually experience. Climate here is costal for the most parts.
Show threadDave Slusher - Tech StuffMar 23
@tommyhp I am in the coastal southern US so our winters are comparatively mild. The heat of the summers works against honey production which is why we get less than the more northern hives.
Show threadFeloniousPunkMar 23
@geniodiabolico @springdiesel I know @ai6yr keeps beez
Show threadAI6YR BenMar 23
@FeloniousPunk @geniodiabolico @springdiesel Yes... anywhere from 15-35+ hives depending on year and how many swarms we catch, etc.