Thursday, May 3rd, 2007...8:25 pm
The Queens
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Well, I released the queens without a problem. (well, I have not checked them again yet.)
It was pretty quick, took me about 10 minutes to put my suit on, and release the queens and get out of there.
The first hive was pretty gentle, I did not use smoke on either one. The second hive was real quiet when I opened the hive. Then as soon as I touched the frame to pull the queen out, they just exploded. Bees were everywhere, bouncing off my veil, stinging my gloves, etc. I just moved real slow and they calmed down a good bit. As soon as I finished I walked off, and no bees followed me, which was strange. Oh Well, you can never totally understand bees. :)
Micah
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May 26th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Hi Micah. I’ve just come back from a 2-day beekeeping course and I’m really keen to get my own hives. I enjoyed reading your blog and I’m keen to know more about these new mystery hives, and how they get on.
I’ve linked to you from my blog at
www.bean-sprouts.org
I’d be great if you wanted to link back to me, but of course it’s entirely up to you. I mostly blog about my family’s quest for greater self-sufficiency. I hope I’ll be blogging about my own bees in the near future.
July 8th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! rlviawlopa
March 20th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Hello, just wanted to comment on the bees that failed to follow you, send them to me, it’s a good thing and a characteristic you need to encourage.
If you have bees that do follow go into a dark shed or other area and they leave.
We have 5 hives in our garden at the minute but need to move them as our guests are not always 100% keen. Our guest house / bed and breakfast is as far as I know fairly unique, we are a Bee and Bee.
Beekeeping would in my opinion be so much better if the bees read the books. http://beekeeper.creationtidbits.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif
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