Thread: Beekeeping

Originally Posted by Hirlau

At 8:19 of the video, he water-boarded the Bees ,,,,, what was with that ?

The HUM noticeably went down. They can't flap and fly with sugar coated wings.

Plus it feeds them....

Originally Posted by 32t

The HUM noticeably went down. They can't flap and fly with sugar coated wings.

Plus it feeds them....

The "HUM" !!! Jimmy, its the Bees ,,, its the Bees !!!!

Originally Posted by Hirlau

The "HUM" !!! Jimmy, its the Bees ,,, its the Bees !!!!

OMG you have it!

when I got done I sat on the tailgate of my truck about 15 yards away from the hives. It is a quiet valley and most of them were still sugar coated and with a restricted entrance to the hives but it was amazing to me the sound that they made.......

That video was pretty wicked cool!
I learned something new today......
Hopefully one day I'll be able to have my own hives.

Please make follow-up videos as the hives progress!! Eager to see the rest of the story.


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Originally Posted by leftyonly

Please make follow-up videos as the hives progress!! Eager to see the rest of the story.


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The stills were mine but not the video.

I have to ask, how are they around power equipment like a mower?

They don't like power equipment at all!!! I put my hives on concrete blocks and then 4 16" pavers in the front that way the mower doesn't get too close. Buy the italian bees, far more docile than the carolians, they are Russian and get quite pissy. They also are prolific propolis producers(bee glue) and it can get very difficult to unstick the box and the frames, very hard to manipulate.

In the town I live bees are against code, but who cares, in Missouri it is against state law to destroy a hive. Use common sense when placing a hive and be generous with your neighbors and everyone will get along. So glad to see Glen taking such a keen interest. Buddy you are going to love it.

My grandfathers bees produced a very dark honey, almost black, I LOVED IT! Very earthy flavors compared to average honey that is just sweet but no real flavor.

I have heard both ways with mowers by hives. Stay a few feet away and don't spit the grass at the hive and you will be ok is the average thought.

I have seen many put an old piece of tin inn front on the ground but where I have mine there are rattle snakes and I am not going to make anywhere for them to hide....

I am thinking that the bees will be a good excuse to use my scythe that I bought to learn how to sharpen it!

I finally got to check my hives today and they are all still there.

They ate much less food than I thought they would. I gave them 1 gallon of Prosweet and 1/2 of a pollen patty and they hadn't gone through half of that. They could have easily have made it 2 weeks but I refilled them anyway.

One of the queen cages had fallen to the bottom and when I dug it out to make sure the queen got out I saw that queen.

It was recommended to check the queen cage the next day but I had to leave it a week. That left a large space between two frames and the comb is plenty thick in that area.

They have about 3 frames of comb drawn out although not even on each one.

By the time I had the smoker running well I was done...

I have to get my system worked out but it went fine.

No pictures because I thought about a camera 5 miles away from home...

I would feel comfortable now not checking them for two weeks but I want to get back to see if the Morels have come out by then.

No stings yet!