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sky otter

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return of the bees
« on: June 06, 2012, 07:11:06 am »

i have flowers planted everywhere so that the bees will pollinate my veggies
and hubby is the bee keeper and we have had hives and bees and honey for a very long time

many years ago we had bees and lost them to the mite problem..which turned out to be an easy solution..
but in the mean time we had a stretch with no visible bees..it was scary
i sat in my labyrinth and ask them to come back..and joy of joys a swarm landed in the huge maple by the blacksmith shed..and many a swarm were caught and transferred to hives
..being wild they were very gentle bees
then again bee problems and
in the fall of 2010 a young bear got the last of our hives and the tree bees were frozen out
not to come back

 :'(

well this spring i ask again for the bees to return and as i walked by the tree
would here a 'we're coming'..of course most think i'm a nut job..but that's ok by me
being close to nature it bliss...

and this morning as i went to feed the feral cats at the barn ..i looked up at the tree
and there were BEES...coming and going..bussing and working..and i laughed
and thanked them and the tree for having them
and now the work of pulling out some hives and being ready if they swarm
cause the tree can only hold so many

the bee tree




how absolute wonderful today is..

EN~JOY

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2012, 07:35:14 am »
A ray of brilliant sunshine in an otherwise dark time.  I'm so happy to hear!
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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2012, 07:54:42 am »
What a wondefully touching story, Sky!
Your property must be as beautiful as I envision it, and as a gardener, the trees and plants do listen!
Bees? yep, they do too.

We have only one little bee box, and it's open all the time, so they come and go.
Do you have any advice for maiking it more desirable to travelling bees? Some days there are hundreds in the passionvines, yet others...no buzzing.:(

I wish I was better with my camera, and uploading pics, but it's running on Picasa and the images dont upload to PRC worth a darn usually.

I find the honey to be very dark, too, any thoughts on that? We have lots of hibiscus, and firebushes, and the bees seem to love the passion vines(four kinds) and the texas sage the best. I would like to have more hives, but my wife gets a bit worried for our doggies when the bees are swarming around the yard, but amazingly enough, Ive only been stung a few times in twenty years.

Have a great day!BzzzBzzzBzzz!:D
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sky otter

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2012, 10:03:13 am »


LE
yeah .. i call this piece of land my resort..lol
and what exactly do you mean ..by an open box..????

basic bee keeping is relatively simple.but i could provide you with the steps..
hubby is the not afraid to be stung guy..i do clean up and we both do
honey extraction..
that is why i am thrilled they returned...pollination plus i am almost out of honey

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2012, 05:19:31 pm »
Hey, Sky, what bee happenin'? ;)
Our box has an opening on the front, and the bees get all bunched up around it, and you can only see a little hole to the inside!

Sometimes they just leave for a while, and I run up the ladder and grab some scrapins, but most of the time they are guarding that hole!

I would like to have a hive or two, done right, so yes Ill take any advice you guys can offer!

Ill bee waiting!LOL!

Cheers!
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sky otter

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2012, 11:50:44 am »


ok..i'll get back as soon as i can..had to replace my modem and have some other things i have to do first..
but i don't think you should be scraping anything from the front opening..
mostly if the bees are in the opening they are fanning the hive to cool it
i'll bee backkkk ;D

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2012, 12:53:10 pm »

ok..i'll get back as soon as i can..had to replace my modem and have some other things i have to do first..
but i don't think you should be scraping anything from the front opening..
mostly if the bees are in the opening they are fanning the hive to cool it
i'll bee backkkk ;D
Thanks, Sky! Ill stay away from that hole then, good advice as they arent very happy when I go there!:-)
Ill look forwar to building a new setup and will bee happy to make some honey, honey!;)
Cheers!
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sky otter

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2012, 01:52:08 pm »


ok.. i think the best i can do for you is direct you to these sights and let you check them out..
there are a lot of details to building a bee hive but once done it seems simple..also you can buy absolutely everything to start...
Dudant is a source we have used for a lot of new stuff..but i think like most gardening it's really nice to talk to someone in your area who is doing what you want to do..

so..for you

http://floridabeekeepers.org/
with a forum 

...and some cool video's.. i liked the one for the kids..

nice basic set up on this one

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVaYD3e9KOA&feature=related[/youtube]



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/user/longlanehoney?v=oQH345SO_ac[/youtube]

some weather info with this one and some good basic  stuff
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdCDAu6CX7k&feature=related[/youtube]

http://www.dadant.com/?gclid=CJaloMWAvbACFYic7QodgVC1mQ


i hope this is a good start..but after you check them out if you have any questions yell..
if i don't know..hubby probably does

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2012, 01:55:09 pm »
Thanks to both of you guys!
Our bees are going to have a nice bee condo!
Great links, Sky, and Ill take pics when they are setup!
Cheers!
Le
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sky otter

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2012, 01:57:45 pm »


you are most welcom..
and on the dudant site is a learning center place..i forgot to say that..
but gotta sign off..nasty electric storms again

can't wait till you get you hive up and have pics..
you're gonna have some yummy times
 ;D

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2012, 11:30:55 am »
Otter !!!!!!

I remember when you lost your bees.  :'(

Freaking glad they came back!

Your great tale reminds me that I have to get some honey from dad this weekend.  He is allergic to bees, but as he has a friend who is a bee keeper sorta person he was given a hive of passive little buzzers.  I have to admit it was so funny seeing my old man walking to the mouth of the hive of these little passive buzzers waiting for them to chomp him....which they didn't  LOL

Heck your bee tale reminded me of the honey hair excursion I told you about ages ago LOL hahaha.







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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2012, 01:08:42 pm »

you are most welcom..
and on the dudant site is a learning center place..i forgot to say that..
but gotta sign off..nasty electric storms again

can't wait till you get you hive up and have pics..
you're gonna have some yummy times
 ;D
How cool!
My box isnt anything like that one, its just wide open and they come and go!
Ill bee building a couple of the easy ones in the first video, and will buy the bees from the bee guy who does my box and my neighbor's boxes. He told me he gave me my box to have another place for them to go in the neighbor hood.

And I thought he was just being a nice guy!LOL!

When he has a batch of them ready, my boxes will bee done, so everything should bee going buzzingly!

Thanks again, Le
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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #12 on: June 10, 2012, 10:39:10 am »
Nice thread.  Lots of good information.  I think we tend to forget how intrinsic bees are to the planet's survival.

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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2012, 07:34:44 am »


they need to have shallow water where they can get a drink..they need the water to make the honey..
maybe your water source is the reason for the dark honey you mentioned..

thry found one of my bird baths in a year where the creek was almost dry



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Re: return of the bees
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2012, 08:05:32 am »
Greetings:

Beeing busy, we found this:

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Bees are still sick, and EPA is still stuck. Bees and other pollinators are still dying off at catastrophic rates – commercial beekeepers lost an average of 36% of their hives last year according to U.S.D.A.

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