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02-21-2017, 06:41 PM | #21 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
You should probably find the biggest bee and kick it's ass right away, just as a message to the other bees, not the queen but the biggest drone.
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02-21-2017, 11:44 PM | #22 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
I'll bring a suit of armor.
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02-22-2017, 07:40 AM | #23 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
Very cool Vin, if I had the space and time I'd love to do something similar. I'm always up for a honey/honey bbq sauce trade
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02-22-2017, 08:22 AM | #24 | |
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02-22-2017, 02:27 PM | #26 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
Make sure the bees have plants to do their work on. If all there is around are pine trees; the honey will have a certain taste...
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02-22-2017, 02:28 PM | #27 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
Vin, before you get too far into this, you might want to verify that you are not allergic to bee stings
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02-22-2017, 02:38 PM | #28 | |
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Been stung as recently as last summer. Can't absolutely say it was a honey bee, but I'm not overly worried. |
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02-22-2017, 03:46 PM | #30 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
Backyard herfing is better. That way your neighbors won't see Tom's retirement stripper dancing.
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02-22-2017, 10:18 PM | #32 | |
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Yay!! It better be a chick, Jeff.
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03-05-2017, 09:44 AM | #33 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
Built a hive stand over the weekend from some plans I found online. I'm no carpenter, but the stand is (relatively) stable & the hive fits on it perfectly.
The honey bees are due on April 10 ... |
03-05-2017, 09:50 AM | #34 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
Wow! Did not realize people still used corded tools!
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03-05-2017, 10:16 AM | #35 |
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Cool! Progress is good. Any chance you'll put up a "bee cam" at some point? By that I mean a small camera that sees inside the hive. Something like this but a wider shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_9HZeG97Xg
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03-05-2017, 11:19 AM | #36 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
I could see doing something outside the hive, but inside the hive would be tricky based on what little I currently know about honey bees to this point and the space (or lack of space) they like to have in the hive.
There's a concept knows as "bee space" which is between 3/8 and a 1/4 inch. If there's more space, the bees build to fill it in, and if there's less, they seal it up with this resin-like substance they produce called propolis. So a camera in the hive has to take bee space into account at a minimum, and I'm not there yet. |
03-05-2017, 12:17 PM | #37 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
Most importanr part of beekeeping is yet to come. That would be beekeeping the bees away from icehog.
J/K, stand looks cool, Vin. Looking forward to seeing the project move forward.
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03-06-2017, 06:53 AM | #39 | |
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And yet, you have "Jesus sandles"....Oh, and April 11th on my calendar ...
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03-06-2017, 07:45 AM | #40 |
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Re: New Hobby: Bee Keeping
Much like Jesus, my dad has the carpentry skills.
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