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Beekeeping it’s the bee’s knees

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by Jtcmedic, Mar 17, 2019.

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  1. Mar 22, 2019 at 3:30 PM
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    Correct - we are just off the northeast corner of the Lackawanna State Park. We get all of our supplies from Mann Lake. We actually partner in our apiary with a woman who works there and teaches classes.
     
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  2. Mar 22, 2019 at 5:40 PM
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    Jtcmedic [OP] Shop beekeeper

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    I don’t work with Africanized bees . If one gets hot I requeen them.
     
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  3. Mar 25, 2019 at 4:12 AM
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    That is very cool I remember the coal mine tour when I went there in elementary school.
     
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  4. Mar 28, 2019 at 4:00 PM
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    Well the bees are doing well the hives are booming and the blooms are getting ready to pop so we will see what happens.
     
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  5. Apr 3, 2019 at 12:15 PM
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    Hive check and girls are doing great A4D56D4A-EF0A-414A-AB6A-AEF3331BF8FA.jpg
     
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  6. Apr 6, 2019 at 11:51 AM
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    EEF6E2D3-C6B2-4FDE-BB0F-07951A3D4B68.jpg 75F2FEF5-0AC5-44E2-BA9D-2F7928F46E63.jpg Making honey but they decided they wanted a new queen so we made a new hive out of it.
     
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  7. Apr 6, 2019 at 2:59 PM
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    great!
     
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  8. Apr 7, 2019 at 3:57 PM
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    :popcorn: hmm I have some bee's
     
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  9. Apr 7, 2019 at 5:31 PM
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    What ya got?
     
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  10. Apr 8, 2019 at 5:26 AM
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    Spent all day yesterday building out four new hive bodies, 40 frames, foundation for each, and restoring old hive bodies that a friend gave to me. The old ones are nearly destroyed with wax moth larva, but there is some decent old comb in some of them that I think I can re-use and that the bees will clean up. It still smells like honey and some local bees were checking it out while I was cleaning out the moth debris.

    3 packages of bees being delivered this Friday!

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  11. Apr 8, 2019 at 11:11 AM
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    May want to just pass on the used frames some times can harbor disease.
     
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  12. Apr 12, 2019 at 12:26 AM
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    Girls looking great.
     
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  13. Apr 12, 2019 at 2:10 AM
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    Who cares?!? If it isn't specifically prohibited tell them "Bite me! Leave my bees alone, they'll leave you alone!"lol
     
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  14. Apr 12, 2019 at 2:12 AM
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    Does the smoke, cherry I think, work on africanized bees?
     
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  15. Apr 12, 2019 at 2:19 AM
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    Do Bee stings hurt more or less than Wasp? Don't think I've ever been hit by a Honey Bee. Been hit by Wasps several times! They hurt and they pay!
     
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  16. Apr 12, 2019 at 5:14 AM
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    Thats a nice pattern there, gonna be booming soon
     
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  17. Apr 12, 2019 at 5:15 AM
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    I just use pine straw, cherry smoke would make me hungry :hungry:
     
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  18. Apr 12, 2019 at 5:16 AM
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    All feel different, I hate wasp stings, and yellow jackets suck also
     
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  19. Apr 12, 2019 at 8:19 AM
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    tell the HOA to move them...LOL

    I swell more with a honey bee. Not allergic that I know of, also itches more. wasp and yellow jackets love to sting me...to which I destroy their nests ;) Last year I got stung the most in a long time.
     
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  20. Apr 12, 2019 at 9:12 AM
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    Read through the HOA bylaws. Most of them contain a clause that says keeping “non-domesticated" or "farm animals” on your property is prohibited. They can use that clause to come after you for bees. My last house was on a half acre in a development with an HOA. I kept honey bees, chickens, ducks and turkeys. I just got to know the HOA leadership, explained what I was doing and why, and invited them over to see that my property was clean and well maintained. They never bothered me, even when the ducks would escape and browse the local garage sale:rofl:

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