I am a quilter and a beekeeper
 

I am new here

Welcome from Central California! This site is a great place for inspiration and help if you need it. Have fun here.

Hello from central Texas!

A warm welcome from Southern California!

Waving hello from Maryland!

Welcome from Michigan!:)

Hello there! You have a great screen name. I look forward to answering any questions and sharing ideas.

We kept bees for years, 4 or 5 hives. Isn't it awful what is happening to our bee friends now?
I read the other day the current estimate is the population is down 40+% now.

Welcome to the board!

Welcome from the gulf of Mexico, Corpus Christi, Tx. Twice in my life I have experienced the taste of honey from the comb. The best cleanest sweet taste ever entered my mouth and tickled my taste buds.

Welcome from Louisiana! Love that you take care of bees!

Isn't it a type of mite that carries a virus attacking the bees? So sad. I used to work for a pizza shop who added fresh honey to their dough making.

What a fun combination! Welcome from Northern Indiana! This is a great site!

Hello, and welcome from Washington!

Welcome from South Louisiana. What part of the country are you from?

Welcome from SC Texas.

Welcome from Texas! Now you can experience 'Honey Bees' and 'Quilting Bees' as your screen name indicates!!

Welcome from Southern California. Hope you find as much inspiration as I do from this site.

Thank you for being a beekeeper ! I worry about the plight of the bees and ALWAYS buy local honey and buy beeswax every chance I get for homemade lotion bars and candles .

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Welcome from western NY and happy quilting :)

Welcome to Manitoba, hope you bee--come acquainted with other quilters on this forum, and who knows maybe some be in your area. I grew on farmland, had some beekeeping farms in our surrounding, I love the barley honey which has that extra spike to the honey.. It is darker than other honeys and love baking with it..

Welcome from central Connecticut.

Welcome from NE Ohio.

Welcome from central Florida. Lots of knowledgeable help here!

Hello and welcome from northern California!

Welcome from northwestern Iowa. We do have some local beekeepers in the area.

:) wow -- what two great hobbies, one for inside and one for out -- welcome from se TX

Hello and welcome from Australia. It is a worry though when a species can be so threatened.

Thank you all for your kind welcomes! It is very touching. I live in Southern Illinois and have 4 hives of bees and am hoping to get that number up to 20+ next year. I have been quilting for a couple of decades and have many Phd's (projects half done) and belong to 2 guilds and have a regular sew in day with a couple of friends so we can help each other work out the kinks on current projects (and cut for a friend who has horrible arthritis and cannot do the tiresome chore of standing and handling the cutter).

Love bees, my yard is full of them right now as my weeds are growing a bit too much and I don't spray, so my yard is a haven for butterflies and bees and anything else that wanders by :):)