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Honey Bees
08 Feb 2014
| US Navy Vet
Posted on 02/08/2014 5:04:27 PM PST by US Navy Vet
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To: US Navy Vet
I tried Carniolans back in the late 90's. Nasty little Biatches if you get a dry spell wih no nectar. Any noise or vibration from a mower or tractor within 200' would cause them to sting you up pretty good. I found that odd because they were supposed to have a good temperment.
Best I have had is the Starline strains.
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posted on
02/08/2014 6:00:28 PM PST
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: US Navy Vet
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Western_honey_bee.jpg
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posted on
02/08/2014 6:04:13 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
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To: US Navy Vet
I just got the plans for a top bar hive and need to get to work on one. I want bees SO bad!
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posted on
02/08/2014 6:12:02 PM PST
by
Delta 21
(If you like your freedom, you can keep your freedom. Period.)
To: Cyber Liberty
The screen containers for the bees are quite robust. The last ones I got were in a mesh bag in addition to the basic shipping container. Postal employees are amazingly gentle in handling these. They will call & let you know the bees are there as soon as they get off the truck.
To: US Navy Vet
Mary had a swarm of bees,
And they to save their lives,
Went every where that Mary went,
For Mary had the hives. . .
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posted on
02/08/2014 6:20:15 PM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: US Navy Vet
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posted on
02/08/2014 6:45:06 PM PST
by
knittnmom
(Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
To: US Navy Vet
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posted on
02/08/2014 6:49:45 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: US Navy Vet
I’m down to 1 hive, at the moment. Putting out swarm traps soon. Put me on the ping list, if there is one. I have used the Buckfast bees from Weaver.
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posted on
02/08/2014 6:50:43 PM PST
by
stickandrudder
(Another Bitter-Clinger! God-Family-Tribe)
To: US Navy Vet
Bump/mark I want to do the bee thing one day!
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posted on
02/08/2014 6:56:07 PM PST
by
TBall
To: US Navy Vet
The honey is so good for you and great with Skippy.
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posted on
02/08/2014 6:57:20 PM PST
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: US Navy Vet
In the summers of 1990 and 1991, I was one of the Iowa State Honeybee inspectors. I studied under Dr. Norman Gary, the Hollywood Beekeeper, at University of California, Davis. Unfortunately I became hypersensitive to the stings and had to give it up.
The bees are so much fun. And chasing swarms is just like chasing tornadoes.
Best thing I had was a very long pole with a metal garbage can attached and a tree limb saw. You can hold the can up to the swarm and then cut the branch...Gottum.
Anyone with bee question....??
BA
To: Western Phil
I guess if the box is marked “Live Bees” you don’t have to worry about somebody stealing it?
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posted on
02/08/2014 7:35:52 PM PST
by
Cyber Liberty
(H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
To: TBall
The smells of my honey house are so comforting. Wax, propolis, woodenware, crystalized residue in the tanks..........Heaven.
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posted on
02/08/2014 7:36:42 PM PST
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: US Navy Vet
To: US Navy Vet
To: US Navy Vet
"How not to install package bees"
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posted on
02/08/2014 10:34:29 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: US Navy Vet; All
The bee, he is a busy soul,
He has no time for birth control.
And that is why, in times like these,
There are so many SOBs
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posted on
02/09/2014 1:02:46 AM PST
by
ken5050
(This space available cheap...)
To: US Navy Vet
I lost both hives recently. Hive beetles, up and down weather, etc. will order soon as I clean out disgusting slime mess
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posted on
02/09/2014 7:03:20 AM PST
by
DCBryan1
(No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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