skfullgun, that's a generous offer but I'm not totally surprised you've had no takers. Depending upon your setting, neighbor locations, other livestock and crops in the area, etc., it may or may not be that feasible or attractive to a beekeeper. In the last decade (or a little more), liability has also entered the equation. Ever since the arrival of the Africanized ("killer") bees, unless colonies are closely monitored and managed, it possible for hives to harbor these more aggressive honeybees. Their genetic traits are dominant so they have a tendency to become an area's majority species.
busykngt,
Pardon me for asking but OF YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE, do you KNOW of even ONE beekeeper in TX who has "had a problem" with the so-called "KILLER BEES"??
As some members here know, I'm a TX Master Naturalist (with several close friends who are Master Gardeners) & I have heard NOT EVEN ONE such actual/CONFIRMED case of "KILLER BEES" in TX.
It's gotten to the point that I believe NOTHING that the so-called "Mainstream Press" claims, absent PROOF from at least 2 or more NEUTRAL/confirmed sources, as I've caught them in FAR TOO MANY just OBVIOUS/KNOWING LIES on a great many subjects.
For just a FEW of those "scare stories" & OUTRIGHT LIES, think of the "Mainstream Press' stories of:
1. DROWNING POLAR BEARS, due to Global Warming,
2. VICIOUS Southeast Asian PREDATORY "Frankenfish", that supposedly "attack many people" & would "wipe out all the native fish within 3 years",
3. That the Alaskan pipeline would WIPE OUT all the "native wildlife, within 5 years"
and
4. A hundred other "coming crisis situations" that would "Cause" huge damage to the World's environment", IF we taxpayers don't spend BILLIONS/TRILLIONS of dollars to solve the SUPPOSED PROBLEM.
(Fwiw, I was born at night but NOT last night.)
yours, satx