To: rktman
I’ve always wondered if Man’s habit of taking away the bee’s main source of food (honey) had anything to do with large numbers of bees dying. Probably not. But history shows, again and again, how Nature points out the folly of Men.
11 posted on
07/29/2015 9:29:46 AM PDT by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
The average hive in a cold climate requires about 100 pounds of honey to over-winter. A little more for areas like the mid south where they are active even in winter months.
I have had a hive produce over 600 pounds of honey in one season. It was in the Pocono Mountains at our summer home. The average excess crop is usually around 150 to 250 pounds per hive.
14 posted on
07/29/2015 9:34:34 AM PDT by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Be-zilla?.....................
16 posted on
07/29/2015 9:37:11 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
And BTW, never extract excess honey from a first year colony. If you find a weak colony in October, kill it off and save the frames of stored honey for nuc's in the spring. That's where you make splits of strong spring hives to increase your successful colonies.
Propagate the strong and eliminate the weak.
17 posted on
07/29/2015 9:39:21 AM PDT by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Probably not. But history shows, again and again, how Nature points out the folly of Men.
"Go, Go, Beezilla"....Nope. Doesn't have the same ring to it.
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