Posted on 04/05/2017 8:39:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
>> If you see a swarm, you should avoid them and not try to distract the bees.
>> The bees also went to another house on a street
I suppose the entails confinement and/or running.
They have bees on asteroids (or dwarf planets to be PC)?
Africanized bees?
Killer Bees on Saturday Night Life (Racism and Intolerance Trigger Warning):
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-killer-bees/n8622?snl=1
That’s what I was thinking.
There were about 4,200 bees inside the hive, which equals about three pounds of bees
When bees swarm they become remarkably docile. They no longer have a hive to protect so they won’t likely sting unless hurt. If one is careful it is possible to pick up several pounds of bees with bare hands without being stung.
When a bee stings you, it leaves a chemical message to its sisters that says “sting here”. So if you get stung once, you are likely to get stung several times if you hang around. Africanized bees are notorious for pursuing people/animals a lot farther than regular honey bees.
I had a swarm set up shop right on (and probably in) my worm bin which is in a shady area. It was like a thick blanket of bees which I tested by lopping off a section of them with a stick. The blanket of bees just plopped on the ground but when I checked back in 15 min or so they were back in place covering the worm bin. It was amazing. I took pictures but they didn’t capture the reality of the experience.
I think about two days went by and although they were docile as you said, I was uneducated and concerned they might set up shop for good so I called around and found a beekeeper who told me among other things bees don’t like to be in the sun.
So I dragged the worm bin, and remember, it is quite literally coated with a thick coat of bees, layers of them, out in the sun. Next time I checked back they were gone.
Do you know if their queen is with them when they swarm? So the queen could have been in my swarm? I guarantee you the amount of bees that visited me was well over three pounds, more like 10 at a guess. It was a LOT of bees. I live in a housing tract in suburbia.
I’m surprised they are allowed to have bees in a neighborhood like that. I would think they would need to be out in the country.
Poor pit dog. Helluva way to go.
I know. I simply cannot imagine being stung so many times that it kills you.
Poor pittie.
brand new hive
Accidently "harvest" the queen's royal jelly, did you?
Allowed? You've been here since 1998 and you're making a statement like that. Who do you think should tell them that they are "not allowed"? Guess you don't believe in property rights.
Bees. Shelter in place. WTF?
What has become of the United States of America?
This story is bogus. We know all the bees are dead, because niconoids. sarc.
I was stung once 27 times when we kept bees, buy I’m not allergic to honey bees.
I’m betting there were more like 20,000 bees in the hive that swarmed.
In a previous story, a lady stung hundreds of times found out, after she recovered, that her arthritis was completely gone.
I just ordered 3 pounds of bees, this story is making me second guess my decision. Any advice for keeping bees happy so they don’t kill me?
Yes, the queen is with the swarm. In fact, that’s how hives multiply. The old queen leaves with about half the hive, leaving a new queen behind. When you dropped a bunch to the ground, the queen was still in the bunch left behind, that’s why the ones on the ground went back to her.
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