Higgs Boson wrote:
On Jan 27, 5:38 am, ectosaur
wrote:
Hi,

My name's Estelle and I'm a product design engineering student at the
University of Glasgow investigating the reasons why people choose or are
put off beekeeping. I'm hoping to try and address some of the barriers
to beekeeping through product design.

I was wondering if anyone here has ever considered keeping bees?
If so, what was the outcome?
If not, would you ever consider keeping bees?

I've put together a wee questionnaire that basically asks the same
questions, and I'd be immensely grateful if anyone finds the time to
fill it out:

http://tinyurl.com/5u2vhrx

If questionnaires aren't your thing, just let me know your thoughts
here!

Thanks for taking the time to read this, I look forward to hear from
you.

Estelle

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ectosaur

I took your little survey and hope the responses are helpful in your
project.

I didn't set out to keep bees; a friend of mine asked if he could use
my garden, so I said OK; it sounded kewl, and I would be getting
honey. It was awesome! When they swarmed, they hung from my apricot
tree in a huge bulge; not dangerous; just waiting till the queen
signals it's time to go.

The only reason I discontinued was that a neighbor mentioned that he
was having bees in his attic. I was afraid to get ticketed or
whatever, since it isn't permitted, so eventually I had to ask the
friend to remove them.

But it was a great experience while it lasted.

HB

If you live in the boondocks beekeeping is ok, if they swarm.. So what...
However, the beekeeper should have inspected the hive more often and should
have removed extra queens bees from the hive as they are formed. this helps
minimize swarms. When beekeepers put hives in other people yards the hive
inspections tend to bee (pun) non existent.

Beekeeping and gardening timings are almost the same. From planting to
harvest.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)