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Old 05-08-2017, 06:04 AM   #161
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My fault for wearing shorts.
No. it's your fault for placing a swarm of bees on your lawn.
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Old 05-08-2017, 10:38 AM   #162
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Sleeves. Check.
Jeans. Check.
Shoes. Check.
Pollen balls. Ch....wait, what?
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Old 05-08-2017, 03:21 PM   #163
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Took my first sting tonight while chiseling the comb off the inner cover. I suppose it had to happen sooner or later. My fault for wearing shorts. Got me just below the knee. Felt barley more than a mosquito bite though.
I've seen those legs...that's a lot of "dermis"...surprised you felt it at all!
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Old 05-08-2017, 03:40 PM   #164
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Nice, Vin, transitioning to a fully functional setup!

I find that honey bee stings are easily ignored. Bumble bee stings less so and hornets are just asking for a MADD (Mutually Assured Destruction) response.
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Wow, I didn't realize there is so much prep when it comes to this.

I am learning a ton.
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Old 05-09-2017, 10:49 AM   #166
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Wow, I didn't realize there is so much prep when it comes to this.
It's enough to keep someone "beezy"

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Old 05-13-2017, 07:41 AM   #167
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Freaking awesome, Vin. Looks like you and Grace are well on your way to parenting 60,000 or so young girls.

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I almost think that you should just let them keep all their honey, at least to the point where you end up with more
than one hive. Then maybe start taking some for daddy. I don't know if anyone really knows just how to keep the
bees around forever when they can't figure out what's really going on yet. In any case, you are a guy that goes over-
board to be kind, I am sure it will work out.
Agree. Conditions almost have to be perfect weather wise, to be able to 'rob' honey from a first year hive. A lot depends on how you want to manage your hive(s). You can take honey from your girls, but you'll most assuredly have to supplement their stores in late summer with a sugar solution. Personally I'm not a fan of this, but lots of beekeepers do this with great success. I would take one frame of honey though to reward all your hard work, Vin.



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Do bees do ok with cigar smoke?
There are some theories out there that say if you add a cigar leaf or two to your smoker, the natural insecticide in tobacco will help keep the varroa destructors (parasitic mites) at bay. Doubtful at best. I've done hive inspections without any protection other than a good Cuban cigar. Works sometimes.



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Nope -- in fact, I wasn't shaking hard enough. They really just want to get into the hive and start doing bee stuff. Honey bees are pretty docile. It usually takes quite a bit for them to get aggressive.
Spring and Summer inspections are 'easy'. Just wait until they are defending their honey.
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Old 05-13-2017, 09:58 PM   #168
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Spring and Summer inspections are 'easy'. Just wait until they are defending their honey.
Hopefully they don't defend until August or later, Mark?
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Old 05-14-2017, 04:40 AM   #169
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Hopefully they don't defend until August or later, Mark?
You might be hitting prime time, Tom

In the halls of justice they say 'If it doesn't fit, you must acquit'

In the bee world it's 'If there's a drought, look out'
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You might be hitting prime time, Tom

In the halls of justice they say 'If it doesn't fit, you must acquit'

In the bee world it's 'If there's a drought, look out'
**** it, I've been stung by hornets and wasps, this will bee a cake walk!
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Old 05-16-2017, 08:06 AM   #171
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Did a hive inspection this past weekend. (There's some video, but I need to edit it down so my Flickr account to accept it.)

The bees have drawn out about 50% of the frames, and new bees are starting to emerge from the brood comb.

Will be checking again later this week because once they've drawn out 80% of the frames in the current box, I need to add a second box.

Grace took a couple bee stings for the team. No video of that, unfortunately.

Will try to get the video up in the next day or so because there's some cool activity going on in the hive.
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Old 05-16-2017, 10:44 AM   #172
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Is a second box considered a "new hive"?...Will the first box get jealous and angry if caught playing with the second box?...
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Old 05-16-2017, 11:09 AM   #173
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Second box creates a larger hive. A strong, healthy hive generally has two boxes of 10 frames each and approximately 50-60,000 honey bees. (All of which are programmed to swarm on July 15.)
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Old 05-16-2017, 11:35 AM   #174
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that's a LOT of bees!....do errant bean bags agitate the masses and can we smear honey on anyone traveling from CT??
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Old 05-16-2017, 12:14 PM   #175
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Right away I pictured a muscular bee, with a cigar in the corner of his mouth, facing 3/4s, flexing with a tat for Grace and your family on the bicep... funny i can actually picture it heh
Can you draw it? THATS what we need
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Old 05-16-2017, 03:31 PM   #176
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you're already getting honey out of this? very cool, can't wait for some pics Vin.
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Old 05-16-2017, 04:12 PM   #177
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No honey yet. Or at least know honey that I can use. All the honey that's being produced right now is for the bees themselves.
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Old 05-16-2017, 04:16 PM   #178
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I like Keith's CT idea.
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Old 05-16-2017, 07:12 PM   #179
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Clicking on the photo above should bring you to the hive inspection video from this past Saturday. A few things to note:

* My dopey dog tries to eat a bee right at the beginning of the video. Fortunately, she fails.

* The camera work is a little shaky. Grace got me a GoPro for Christmas, and this was our first time using it. Will need to have a steadier and slower hand in the future. Tried to cut out as much of the nausea-inducing scenes as possible.

* You really get a sense for how the bees don't give a sh!t about us poking around. Some of them are buzzing about, of course, but for the most part they're just focused on doing their bee thing.

* Need to figure out how to capture individuals images from the video because there's some good shots of brood cells and honey cells, but the video progresses too quickly to see them clearly.
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Old 05-16-2017, 07:34 PM   #180
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Vin, this is the first of your several videos that has played for me, so my first chance to see what it is that you're doing. Most interesting. It's surprising that so little smoke is needed to keep the bees docile. Or maybe they just shrug their bee shoulders and think, "Eh, this guy again," I dunno.
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