Honey Bees today
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Topic: Honey Bees today
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Subject: Honey Bees today
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2019 at 7:37pm
| We did 6 splits today. That means we will use old bees and but them in a new box along with a new queen bee. Only have 16 more to do tomorrow. That means I'm gonna have 22 more bee hives to take care of this summer. I've got several folks coming tomorrow to help. The bee hives are loaded with bees. I have never seen them so loaded before. I wonder if me feeding them all winter had something to do with this. I hope so. Will do it next winter too. |
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Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2019 at 7:24am
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Interesting, how do you feed them in the winter? What keeps them from freezing?
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2019 at 10:02pm
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DANG,,,Tom,,you make me tired just readin on all the things you do to keep you busy,,,,how,,,,how do you find time to sleep,,,,????
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2019 at 3:13am
| he wears me out too! whew! |
Posted By: Animal Cracker
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2019 at 3:57am
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Dave H wrote:Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2019 at 2:59pm
| Yes, bee are amazing animals |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2019 at 3:16pm
..... now wonder what would happen if I put this "ole bee" in a "new box" with a "new queen?" probably wouldn't be able to keep up either........ ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2019 at 4:15pm
| This past winter after I removed all the honey we wanted I started feeding them corn syrup. I used that until it got cold and the syrup turned to gray jello. The corn syrup goes in a qt jar that sits on top of the frames inside of the hives. The jar has very small holes in the lid. The bees will suck the syrup out of the jars. After it turned to jelly, I then quickly opened up the hives and put 2 or 3 winter feed pattys on top of the frames, directly over the cluster of bees. I had to rreplace the pattys 2 or 3 times because the gals ate all of them. These gals are looking great. |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2019 at 7:50pm
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Tom, My one hive did not make it. So I am currently without bees. My daughter has some on order and will get in another month. I really need to learn about making splits. She has a couple hives that made it through winter. Sounds like your doing well with your bees. Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2019 at 9:23pm
| our local bee people always bring their hives in each fall, puts them ina big building, I don't know if it's heated, but prolly is. I never see any hives left out all winter. |
Posted By: Animal Cracker
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 3:57pm
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I never split any hives.But I did expand by catching swarms.It seemed a little hair raising at first,but once I understood what the swarming thing was about.I would catch all that I could,there were very easy to introduce to a new hive or Nuc. |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 4:43pm
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I do like swarm catching also. Just dont have the calls anymore. Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 9:00pm
| Sugarmaker. I wonder what breed of bees she's getting? These are varoa mite resistant Carnoleians that came from Northern california. The word Carnoleians might not be spelled right. I finished pulling up brood this afternoon. Making 17 new hives for us. #2 son took 7 queens and bees. We will have a total of 40 hives to start out with. Another guy is buying 3 or 4 packages from us. It will be the first time in 20 years we have had enough bees to sell some. I hope these new queens will do as good as the ones we got last year. If she wants any information the old gal will be able to help her out. Web site-- wwwrandolhoneyfarm.com. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2019 at 9:18pm
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A lot of the bee keepers in my area take their bees out to California for the winter to pollinate almonds. I guess that gig pays pretty well. As far as the queen goes, , ,....well I wouldn't want to be the poor bee that she chooses to have sex with. I guess she kills him after he gets the job done! Darrel |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 2:06am
| ain't that just like a woman? PfffT! |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2019 at 8:00pm
| Darrell, the queen doesn't actually kill the male bee. Drones or male bees do not have stingers. They have reproductive organs instead. But, when a queen bee takes her "maiden flight", she may be bred by 6 or 8 males. Once the male bee breeds with the new queen the male reproductive organs break off the male bee and of course he dies. The queen bee takes the 1 flight in her life time, unless the hive becomes overpopulated and then she and approximately 60% of the bees find a new home. She is actually a slave in the hive. If she gets lazy, the workers will bump her around and tell her to get busy. If she is getting too old to lay enough eggs to keep the hive alive, the workers will realize this and build another "queen cell". The girls will force the old queen to lay an egg in there and 21 days later a new queen will hatch out. The workers will drive the old queen out or kill her. Workers do feedthe queen, they bring her water, and clean up after her. That way she never has to leave the frames and she can continually lay eggs. |
Posted By: Animal Cracker
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 6:10am
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Yes the worker bees run the hive, Pretty amazing again for the fact that during the busiest portion of the year the worker bee only lives about 6 weeks,and a few months when there not collecting nectar and pollen. So yes the queen is constantly laying eggs up to 1500 a day during the busy period and they hatch about 3 weeks later. Also when they hatch they begin working in the hive and as they get older and the oldest bees become field bees till they die. All this is give or take a little bit due to there surroundings. Another fact honey bees won't sting you for the most part unless you screw with the hive,then in protection of the hive. They sting you they die.
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Posted By: Animal Cracker
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2019 at 6:16am
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Another fact the honey bee has to make its food. Honey,there is no naturally made honey. If they don't make and store enough honey for the year they will starve. |