I like packages. I've done both nucs and packages. But I like that the packages are often from companies that have more refined genetics, and more chosen genetics also. This is part of why I like them. The more recent packages I had seemed to do as well as the nucs and had better temperament. The pakcage companies have had more time to work on getting the bees they want also. Both are good. Its just really fun to get bees even when you've been doing it a few years and how the joy of building something. I'm not as old as you but I also feel the sting of not as much energy as I used to have. With livestock one of the really interesting things about doing them, is you are harnessing the animals work energy to compensate for you not being able to do as much. This lets you overcome your own disadvantages in still producing something.
Thanks, Jim.👍🌞🌻🐝🌨💦
I liked how you released the package into the colony boxes with less stress. This is good. They don't need extra stress.
I like packages. I've done both nucs and packages.
But I like that the packages are often from companies that have more refined genetics, and more chosen genetics also. This is part of why I like them. The more recent packages I had seemed to do as well as the nucs and had better temperament. The pakcage companies have had more time to work on getting the bees they want also.
Both are good. Its just really fun to get bees even when you've been doing it a few years and how the joy of building something.
I'm not as old as you but I also feel the sting of not as much energy as I used to have. With livestock one of the really interesting things about doing them, is you are harnessing the animals work energy to compensate for you not being able to do as much. This lets you overcome your own disadvantages in still producing something.