The cast on seems to be of concern to some people. There are many options when casting on for any project, and the BeeKeeper’s Quilt is no different.
I started with a long tail cast on onto a DPN, and then transferring it to my circular needle. It ended up feeling like the cast on was taking up way too much of my precious hexapuff knitting time. So I started experimenting with using a long tail cast on over two needles, so that transfer would be unnecessary.