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It sounds like you’re having fun with your bees Kelly. You’re a brave woman; I try to avoid their fuzzy butts at all costs.
As for names, I’ve always been fond of Gertrude and Henrietta. Gerty and Queen Henry the 1st maybe.
I know nothing about them but it sounds like you may be replacing them fairly often. Kind of like the King Henry(s) and their wives.
With what sounds like a bunch of work involved, (not to mention a few emotions) it might be nice to just slap a digit on the end as you get further into it. No head scratching as you settle in Queen Henry the 8th.
Oh and of course, a definite third or fouth for Queen Connie. She would just totally rule.
TOOOOO COOOL!!! Sadly, I am not an artist. It's all I can do to paint the things white
Got the package on Saturday, and of course it was 30 degrees and snowed, so the fuzzy little buggers got to spend the night in the house. It is a bit disconcerting when you walk by a tub full of bees and hear the buzzing.. in your hallway. Drift hackled up and took the LONG way around them and Toni showed a tooth as she saunterd by I don't think the other dogs even noticed them though.
The Queen for this hive is Connie, by the way When we put them in the hive the next day, they were none too pleased, but they didn't sting at all. Believe me, there's a whole lot of bees in a 3 pound package and they were EVERYWHERE.
When we hive the nucs, I will take some pics so you can all see what the heck I am talking about
Get a few more and you can go on the road with them.
I've a number of relatives in the Boise-Nampa-Caldwell area. They grow a lot of high-value crops that need pollination. You often see semi-trailers loaded with bee boxes. They take those from orchard to orchard and alfalfa field to alfalfa field (they grow a lot for seed out there).
A side effect is the crop dusters need work at night when the bees have returned to the hive. My cousin used to do that. He said he preferred doing nights because the air was calm and he could see the power lines better in the airplane's lights. He and others would fly under the lines. :O
I haven't seen a honey bee around this area (NE Ohio) for quite some time now. Hopefully, they can come up with a resistant strain to the mites that have been wiping all the colonies out the past few years.
BTW, AI Root is just down the road in Medina, OH. Amos Root is regarded as the father of modern American bee-keeping. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Root
A semi full of bee hives crashed on I94 in the Twin Cities last spring. That was about 45 minutes away, and guys in the bee club were catching swarms all summer. I felt bad for the poor firemen that had to respond to the crash. Billions of pissed off bees...
There's good money in having pollinating hives and travelling with them. Plus, you get to keep the honey they produce. We've had a few people ask if we'd put our bees in their orchards or near their gardens. Our neighbor is a farmer and he loves having our bees next to his corn fields.
Years ago, there weren't any mites in this country. They were imported and have now become a problem. The univeristy of MN has been studying Colony Collapse Disorder in honey bees and they have discovered that it's a combination of the mites and foulbrood that's wiping them out. The U is working feverishly to come up with something that will effectivley treat both issues without harming the bees or affecting the honey. I hope they succeed soon!!!
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Re: More Bees
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#327027 - 04/12/2011 09:39 PM 
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