We got our new "over wintered" honey bee colonies. I had to hurry to swap them into the new hives since tge weather is going to be crap for several days. I love watching them
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I can tell you for some reason there have been some hive thefts in our area.
Correct, although one could be faking itOne queen in each hive?
Actually its SUPER easy. Wait until nighttime or heavy rains, put a blocking board over the opening and put a ratchet strap around the whole thing to keep it together. A well established hive can sell for over $1000A takes a person with special knowledge to steal a bee hive. Fk-that, it wasn't me.
One nice thing about bees is they are EASY. Set them up, put a little food in the hive and walk away. They require almost nothing else....actually the more you mess with them the worse they developI have thought seriously about it...but no time.
My place in FL is next door to the Apalachicola National Forest, and there are tons of apiaries from Wewahitchka to Apalachicola. In April they spin off all the honey when the first Tupelos bloom in the swamp. That stuff sells for four times what a normal jar of honey costs.
When you hold it up to the light it's green, no shit.
I will probably get a couple of acres off the beach when I move there, and then I will have time for another hobby...
Found the hive thief... =)Actually its SUPER easy. Wait until nighttime or heavy rains, put a blocking board over the opening and put a ratchet strap around the whole thing to keep it together. A well established hive can sell for over $1000
Ha. Nope but a recipient of thieveryFound the hive thief... =)
One nice thing about bees is they are EASY. Set them up, put a little food in the hive and walk away. They require almost nothing else....actually the more you mess with them the worse they develop
Just kidding, never knew that was a thingHa. Nope but a recipient of thievery
Damn I would like to keep some bees but I am sure my neighbors %would have a fit……We got our new "over wintered" honey bee colonies. I had to hurry to swap them into the new hives since tge weather is going to be crap for several days. I love watching them
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MOVE ! ! ! You can come live next to me and raise all the bees you can handle.Damn I would like to keep some bees but I am sure my neighbors %would have a fit……
fuk them.Damn I would like to keep some bees but I am sure my neighbors %would have a fit……
Thanks for the invite but with the recent spate of gunlaws the Pacific NW is off my list.MOVE ! ! ! You can come live next to me and raise all the bees you can handle.
Not too many gun laws in Montana... I left the PNW (Washington County, OR) about 7 years ago. These folks here might be offended being called part of the PNW.Thanks for the invite but with the recent spate of gunlaws the Pacific NW is off my list.
I live inside city limits Laramie WY so I think code enforcement might have rules against that. Otherwise I could give a rat’s behind.
You had me at Montana……Not too many gun laws in Montana... I left the PNW (Washington County, OR) about 7 years ago. These folks here might be offended being called part of the PNW.
There's more to it that just that. People that get anaphylactic shock from bee stings, don't have severe reactions if they consume honey from local bees. Not sure it would have helped me 20ish years ago, since I was tapped by a yellow jacket and ended up in an amberlamps for a ride to the ER.Chewing beeswax from local hives is also good for allergies
You gotta pay big money for the Ninja Turtle recipe...When you hold it up to the light it's green, no shit.
Different venom in yellow jackets.There's more to it that just that. People that get anaphylactic shock from bee stings, don't have severe reactions if they consume honey from local bees. Not sure it would have helped me 20ish years ago, since I was tapped by a yellow jacket and ended up in an amberlamps for a ride to the ER.
I never got tagged by a wasp. Honey bee, yes; sweat bee, hundreds of times...those little bastards lit me up mowing hay after cutting over one of their hives (dens?) in the ground. Tapped by bumble bees more times than I can remember. Yellow jacket only the one time, well two since that fucker double tapped me.Different venom in yellow jackets.
My brother could get stung by wasp or honey bee. No problem. Yellow jacket an epipen better be handy.
I’ve kept bees for many years, have gone from max of 13 hives down to 6 this year (will be doing splits in a few weeks so I’ll have more). If you are a beekeeper, you know there are plenty of opinions, but in my experience along with many beekeeping friends, modern inventions like the Flowhive have propagated the idea that bees take little work and supply a lot of honey.One nice thing about bees is they are EASY. Set them up, put a little food in the hive and walk away. They require almost nothing else....actually the more you mess with them the worse they develop
All the more reason, in my book.Damn I would like to keep some bees but I am sure my neighbors %would have a fit……
Not only does it deter bees, it kills them.Ya know, our raised bed gardens here in central Texas last year (mainly tomatoes and peppers) didn't yield shit and I swear a large part was no bees around to pollinate the plants. We did have a spray guy come in once a month for mosquito control because they were bad. He did stay away from the garden but I'm wondering if it also deters bees?
Not only does it deter bees, it kills them.
The county used to cout out our way and spray for mosquitoes. We finally told them to just stop coming down our road (private road, all family on our end) because one time when they sprayed, the wind was blowing in the direction of my grandfather's bee hives and it killed all of his bees. Four well established hives that he'd had for years.
Born in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, live in Wyoming, grew up in Maine…..mother’s milk.You sure about that? This was my commute last night...
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That's a 70mph 2 lane highway, with 12" snow drifts and all the plows were parked when I went past the dot shop. The interstate wasn't any better.
What's your plan for keeping the mites controlled?
My grandfather had over a hundred hives in Virginia. His specialty was Sourwood honey. Few know about it and its almost impossible to find pure sourwood these days. I sent some to both @Sean the Nailer and @NickH I got into it for a while but had a mite infestation that wiped me out.I can actually get an ag exemption for them in Texas, I need to park a couple hives out in the back.
After my grandfather passed my grandmother sold all his bee keeping stuff. There was boxes of supers to be assembled, frames for the honey comb, a big stainless extractor, everything you could want for beekeeping. She would have given me all of it if I'd wanted it. At 12 years old it was the farthest thing from my mind. Man if I had known then what I know now.
Bummer. I've been thinking about getting into bees here lately. I can get ag exemption for them in Texas. Plus theres nothing like that raw honey. I grew up harvesting honey from my grandfather's bees. Man the cap off that honeycomb is the best!My grandfather had over a hundred hives in Virginia. His specialty was Sourwood honey. Few know about it and its almost impossible to find pure sourwood these days. I sent some to both @Sean the Nailer and @NickH I got into it for a while but had a mite infestation that wiped me out.
Ive never been hit by an African Bee, but Yellowjackets are worse than wasps, r even hornets. And they attack en masse.Different venom in yellow jackets.
My brother could get stung by wasp or honey bee. No problem. Yellow jacket an epipen better be handy.