Posted by ectosaur on January 27, 2011, 8:38 am
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
--
ectosaur
Posted by Nad R on January 27, 2011, 11:32 am
> 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!
Buzz off :)
I will stick with the pros: https://www.dadant.com/
--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
Posted by jellybean stonerfish on January 27, 2011, 11:55 am
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 13:38:11 +0000, ectosaur wrote:
( EDITED QUOTE )
> Hi,
>
> My name's Estelle
>
> 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:
> Thanks for taking the time to read this.
> Estelle
Ok, I will check it out. You sound like a nice person.
Posted by Higgs Boson on January 27, 2011, 7:47 pm
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
> --
> 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
Posted by Nad R on January 27, 2011, 9:26 pm
> 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
>>
>> --
>> 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.
--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)
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>
> 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!