The Beginning

Greetings and welcome to our journey of beekeeping. We are starting from ground zero – taking on this new hobby as a family. The pressure begins when you jump in and spend hundreds of dollars on bees. Ready or not, they are arriving at the end of April. That leaves a few months to prep the apiary and educate ourselves as much as possible. We’ve ordered books, joined the associations and signed up for classes. We’ve yet to meet a beekeeper that isn’t friendly, supportive, and ready to help. It’s convenient that the only bee store in St. Louis county is located fairly close to us. I’m sure we’ll be there a lot for all our beekeeping needs and supplies.

The family has fallen into a few overlapping roles/categories as we embark on this adventure…

Financials – hopefully we stay employed and can afford our new hobby because I can’t imagine how many years of selling honey at a very high price it will take before we come out “ahead”.

Apiary Prep – clearing and setting up an appropriate space for the bee yard.

Bee Education – someone should probably have a good understanding of bees and their behaviors.

Beekeepers – we have purchased two full (head to toe) bee keeper suits.

Blogging – a new concept for three out of four of us

Technology – blog design, updates, and maintenence

Honey – harvesting and all the fun things that come with successful colonies

And so it begins…

-Worker Bee 2021