Thread: Beekeeping

Originally Posted by Hirlau

What does that mean; they got pi$$ed off & trashed their own place?

They outgrew their space and/or the old queen is failing. It is just their way of propagating their species.

I will have to learn how and split my hives that made it though the winter or they will split themselves. [Not to hard to do.]

Tim

Originally Posted by cudarunner

I was wondering if these read arrows show a few of the bees bringing back pollen

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Yes, I was just thinking I should have shown that and you save me the work.

The wax that I gathered while cleaning bridge comb etc. last weekend. Not much and it is the first filtering so it still has a fair amount of impurities in it. I will save a bunch of these before I final process it.

At this stage it would work fine for lubing a drawer slide but I wouldn't want to use it for a salve...

,,,,,,,,,,,,or burnishing the edges of leather.

i installed the 4 new hives of bees today with a friend.

As we were driving home he mentioned that he should have taken a couple of pictures/videos with his phone...

It happened!

Originally Posted by 32t

As we were driving home he mentioned that he should have taken a couple of pictures/videos with his phone...:shrug

STOP IT!!! YOU'RE STARTING TO SOUND LIKE ME!!

Originally Posted by cudarunner

STOP IT!!! YOU'RE STARTING TO SOUND LIKE ME!!

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I noticed the first 'bee' out on the strawberry plants today. I'm sure that they've been active but I just hadn't noticed as it's been fairly 'warm' at least not cold!

As I've posted before they don't look like any kind of bee that I've seen before but after some research I think I've identified them. Let me know your thoughts.

Pics from today/damn little things don't hold still very long!



Here's one I snagged online:



I'm 'pretty sure' that they are Carpenter Bees. From what I've read they 'can' be destructive as they burrow into wood to live. I've checked the outside of the Boars Nest and I don't see any damage. However there are lots of old rail road ties used around here so maybe that's where they are living.

An interesting page to me and maybe you.

Eastern Washington bees

Originally Posted by 32t

An interesting page to me and maybe you.

Eastern Washington bees

Thanks! :

Funny they don't mention a Very Important Bee that's just a few miles from here.

We raise a lot of Alfalfa in these parts and these bees are nearly critical to the crops.

https://honeybeesuite.com/alkali-bee...a-specialists/

However they are struggling. Here's how Washington State University is trying to help:

WSU using mesh barrier to help protect alkali bees near Touchet, Lowden | Tri-City Herald