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04-17-2017, 08:27 PM | #81 |
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For some reason I thought that the queen needed to be related to her bees and started out with bees from her mother's hive.
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04-18-2017, 07:51 AM | #83 |
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Intrigued...I like the "bee words" like "apiary"...I'm simple like that...Serious question: Is "honey" the point?...I like honey...and cake...
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04-18-2017, 09:39 AM | #87 |
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I'll keep reading this thread so long as the puns keep coming
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04-18-2017, 10:27 AM | #88 | ||
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The hive definitely grows! I started with about 10,00 bees. (Actually 9,874 but I think I miscounted a few.) It takes 21 days to produce new worker bees, and the amount of hive growth depends on a number of factors: supply of resources - nectar, pollen, water and is there room to grow? If we have a poor spring (wet/cold) and flowers bloom late, the hive won't grow as quickly. But if resources are in abundance, the colony will grow in size. If I'm doing things correctly, I'll be monitoring this and adding a second box of frames to accommodate the growth. A typical two-box hive ultimately supports 40,000 - 50,000 bees. And if they continue to grow the colony, that's when you can potentially have them swarm; not in a horror movie kind of way, but literally the queen takes half the colony and swarms out to find new digs. The other half of the colony remains behind, and having lost their queen, the workers create a new one. Quote:
I am brand new to this and really just parroting back what I THINK know from the reading & research I've done as well as the 7-week bee class I attended. Yesterday was my first time do any of the stuff you see in the photos. Again, I THINK I'm doing things correctly, but if there are seasoned beekeepers here, it would be cool to hear from them. |
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04-18-2017, 11:15 AM | #89 |
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You should just bring the hive inside for the winter so you don't lose 50%.
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04-18-2017, 11:57 AM | #90 |
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Holy crap Vin, that is all very cool! What are you going to name you honey farm and can we look forward to some of your honey in an upcoming troop support auction?
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04-18-2017, 12:05 PM | #91 |
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This link takes you to a short video of how the bees get into the hive. If you have the sound on, you'll here Grace say:
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04-18-2017, 01:02 PM | #93 | |
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04-18-2017, 01:06 PM | #94 |
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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
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04-18-2017, 03:52 PM | #99 |
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04-18-2017, 04:21 PM | #100 |
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Or I could just herf wearing Vin's hood and gloves.
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