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100-Pound Beehive Taken Down From Cape Tree
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| ep 27, 2010
| Meaghan Smith
Posted on 09/27/2010 8:45:06 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/27/2010 8:48:08 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: nickcarraway
100 pounds is not that heavy for a population that size. In the north a hive of 60,000 bees would probably need at least 150 to 200 pounds of honey to make it through the winter.
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posted on
09/27/2010 8:53:38 PM PDT
by
SeeSharp
To: nickcarraway
What do they do with the bees in a case like that? I know we haven’t seen that many bees and they seem to be at a low in population in general.
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posted on
09/27/2010 8:59:58 PM PDT
by
Blogger
To: SeeSharp
In the north a hive of 60,000 bees would probably need at least 150 to 200 pounds of honey to make it through the winter.
Excuse me but wouldn't they hibernate all winter long and there-fore not eat all winter long?
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:09:11 PM PDT
by
JSteff
((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
To: Ellendra
Thought you might like to see this one...
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:09:29 PM PDT
by
knittnmom
("...only dead fish 'go with the flow'". - Sarah Palin 7/09)
To: nickcarraway
I’ll bet the whole neighborhood was buzzing over the news.
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:09:48 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:09:56 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
(What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
To: Blogger
I think the beekeeper puts the queen in the hive box and has a new colony up an running. The beekeeper probably doesn't charge for the removal, just gets to keep all the bees and the subsequent honey.
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:10:20 PM PDT
by
JPG
(Sarah Palin says: "Buck-up or get out of the truck.")
To: Blogger
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:10:31 PM PDT
by
JSteff
((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
To: All
To quote Glenn Beck: “Only the bees know”
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:19:55 PM PDT
by
ak267
To: Blogger
I think maybe commercial apiaries are causing too much competition for the wild colonies which leads to hive collapse. I have a wild colony in my back yard. I decided to pass on buying a commercial hive for that reason.
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:20:11 PM PDT
by
RC one
(WHAT!!!!)
To: nickcarraway
I walk up to beehives with a camera all the time, never a problem. They won’t tolerate arm waving ot other threat behavior but they don’t look for excuses to attack people.
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:21:53 PM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
To: stylecouncilor
No that is a rat’s nest not a bee hive.
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:28:46 PM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: RC one
From what I have read about this, the commercial hives/colonies are the ones really hit hardest by collapse. The wild ones aren’t hardly at all.
Part of the reason was the wild bees are a little smaller than the commercial hive bees. Their size difference makes the chambers they grow in smaller, and apparently that makes a big difference to some of the mites and diseases that could affect them.
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posted on
09/27/2010 9:56:23 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: stylecouncilor
What are the odds drugs are hidden in there?
To: Secret Agent Man
interesting. I really want a commercial hive. I think I still don’t want to introduce another colony on the property though. Maybe I can get to the wild honey at some point?
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posted on
09/27/2010 11:13:54 PM PDT
by
RC one
(WHAT!!!!)
To: JSteff
Bees do no hibernate, they store anywhere from 100 to 300 pounds of honey to last them thru the winter, the bees do come out during the winter when the temp is avove 45 degrees.
bee keepers usually alway leave one large super(90#) full of honey for the bees to eat during the wintet.
To: MrEdd
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posted on
09/28/2010 3:32:51 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(King: "I have a dream"...Sharpton: "I want a check")
To: JSteff
Excuse me but wouldn't they hibernate all winter long and there-fore not eat all winter long? Honey bees do not hibernate. They throw the male bees and the older bees out of the hive to die. Then they clump into a ball and shiver all winter long, gradually eating their way from the bottom of the hive to the top.
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posted on
09/28/2010 5:54:04 AM PDT
by
SeeSharp
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