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Swarm of Homeless Bees Claims Woman’s Bike
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Posted on 08/01/2012 2:01:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Salamander; shibumi; Vendome
To: nickcarraway
How do we know these were homeless?
They were probably trust fund ba-bees.
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posted on
08/01/2012 2:05:01 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(obozo could bring back literal slavery with chains and still he will get 85+% of the black vote)
To: nickcarraway
sometimes it just bee’s that way.
To: nickcarraway
Pretty cool, actually. I’d actually feel honored if a swarm of bees were to choose my bicycle as a temporary stop while looking for a new home.
Nature in it’s infinite beauty shows clearly the hand of Divinity.
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posted on
08/01/2012 2:10:38 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
To: nickcarraway
Notice how the wire net weave of the basket is very similar to the honeycomb pattern of the bee ?
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posted on
08/01/2012 2:17:30 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Help. How do I put something in my tagline.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/01/2012 2:26:15 PM PDT
by
Oratam
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/01/2012 2:30:41 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: nickcarraway
Free bees.
Here's what you need:
1. A large cardboard box with a tight-fitting lid.
2. Your smoker with plenty of burlap and/or straw.
3. A queen cage with a sugar plug and a wire.
4. Duct tape.
5. Your veil and gloves if you're a chicken.
6. A spare brood box with foundation and hopefully some drawn comb.
Put the large box under the bees.
Smoke the bees.
Poke through the swarm gently to find the queen.
Cage the queen.
Put the queen in the large box.
Scoop the bees into the box.
Let it sit a little while for strays to come to the queen.
Close the box.
Take the box to your beehive. Install the queen's box between two frames. Dump the bees in, and leave the large box out front.
Congratulations! You now have free bees!
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posted on
08/01/2012 2:43:14 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGS Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
To: AnAmericanMother
Its neat to watch someone who knows what they are
doing capture a big swarm
My momma was mowing earlier in the summer and didn`t
notice a Rose of Sharon had a swarm and hit it
The Cub Cadet sat out in the front yard for a coupla
hrs covered in bees before they departed
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posted on
08/01/2012 2:53:14 PM PDT
by
Harold Shea
(RVN `70 - `71)
To: nickcarraway
Sweet accessory.
Very Beespoke and Haute Couture’.
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posted on
08/01/2012 3:16:48 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: nickcarraway; Salamander; shibumi
Sweet accessory.
Very Beespoke and Haute Couture’.
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posted on
08/01/2012 3:17:10 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: nickcarraway; Salamander; shibumi
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posted on
08/01/2012 3:22:13 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: AnAmericanMother
I don’t think you need to cage the queen. I caught a swarm this spring and dumped them on a sheet in front of an empty brood box. After a few minutes they all walked up the sheet into the hive entrance. First swarm I ever caught and they’ve been doing Ok so far. It is a little late in the year for a swarm, must be a great year for the bees in Sweden!
To: nickcarraway; Salamander; shibumi
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posted on
08/01/2012 3:30:40 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: nickcarraway; Salamander; shibumi
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posted on
08/01/2012 3:32:53 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: nickcarraway; Salamander; shibumi
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posted on
08/01/2012 3:35:46 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
To: nickcarraway
The queen went to a bike? I didn’t know Barney Frank could ride.
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posted on
08/01/2012 3:59:50 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
08/01/2012 6:04:34 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
To: nickcarraway; Slings and Arrows
"Kan I join swarm?"
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posted on
08/02/2012 9:31:32 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Eric Holder's NAACP rally against the voter ID laws required the press to bring govt issue photo ID.)
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