Any bee keepers?

My cousin has several hives. The only one that is aggressive is a wild swarm that he "caught". The others he bought don't even care when you drive up on a 4 wheeler.

As long as it isn't those damn devil bumble bees that come out from under the tractor and destroy your life, I'd imagine you'll be alright.

FFIL has 3 hives close to his pond. I've helped to move it once during the flood, and they chased us about 330' to the house (in bee suit). Another time, I was fishing in pond and just walked by and they chased me about 30' without stinging. Bees are assholes. They make great tasting honey, though.

We had a hive when I was a kid. No issues at all with them stinging. My dad had a suit and the smoke can and all that to get the honey, but they shouldn't bother you just walking or riding by the hive.

Don't worry. It won't be long till your sitting in your lawn chairs in front of the hives watching the bees. They are docile. When the honey has been harvested you might want to stay away for a couple of days. Ice only seen one hive with mean bees and we simply requeened the hive and everything was back to normal. If you decide to get a few hives for yourself check with your ag extension. A couple of years ago several local states were reimbursing up to about $800 for newbies to purchase hives and bees.

Where in south Louisiana can I get bees and supplies? I would like to get into it but have no idea where to start.