Anyone know anything about bee's
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05-15-2007 | 07:01 PM
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Anyone know anything about bee's
Coming down my driveway today, there was a black cloud of bee's around the dogwood tree.
I can see a clump of them about the size a basketball on a branch. I dont know what kind they are, but they look like black and yellow hornets to me.
Are these things just "passing through" ? Or should I be worried about them making a nest?[:@]
I can see a clump of them about the size a basketball on a branch. I dont know what kind they are, but they look like black and yellow hornets to me.
Are these things just "passing through" ? Or should I be worried about them making a nest?[:@]
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05-15-2007 | 07:53 PM
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They are most likely a swarm of European Honey bees..You are too far north for the Africanized/Euro bee to survive (aka Killer Bees)...The leading Queenis at the center of attention in the large glob hanging on a branch...This istheirbivouac for the time being, while scouts are out looking for a hollow tree or an attic toset up a new hive in...This Queen is very young and a sister of the former hive's Queen and since only ONE Queen can rule the roost, the young one gets sent away with her compliment of workers and drones....Leave them bee, they won't bother anyone while they are in swarm mode...
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05-15-2007 | 08:16 PM
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Sounds to me like they are looking for a spot to build a nest....not good.... We have white faced hornets up here...they are vicious....
Sounds to me like they are looking for a spot to build a nest....not good.... We have white faced hornets up here...they are vicious....
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05-15-2007 | 09:18 PM
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Ok, I got a number for a local bee collector who had lost most of his hives through winter.
He jumped at the chance to collect them. It's wild how they do it. They brushed them into a bucket and dumped them into a make shift hive. They left it here for tonight and will get it in the morning.
He jumped at the chance to collect them. It's wild how they do it. They brushed them into a bucket and dumped them into a make shift hive. They left it here for tonight and will get it in the morning.
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05-15-2007 | 11:35 PM
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That is so refreshing to see that the bee population is strong out East..West of the Mississippi, the bees have mysteriously begun to disappear..not die off, just whole hives are disappearing..the science is still out on the cause...The Honey I get is from a friend of mine who has 30 to 40 active hives, I betwe go through a quart of honey a month at my house....They are all the Africanized Honey bee, no way around it out West here anymore..they are bit more aggressive, but funny enough, once they learn you mean them no harm and regularly check up on them, the get use to you and stay calm...The big pluswith African bees,is that their Honey is very tasty and has a strong wild flowerflavor that is like nothing else you've ever tasted...very muchsought after and relishedamongst the locals here...It's is our local remedy for allergies too.
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05-16-2007 | 08:50 AM
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RE: Anyone know anything about bee's
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That is so refreshing to see that the bee population is strong out East..West of the Mississippi, the bees have mysteriously begun to disappear..not die off, just whole hives are disappearing..the science is still out on the cause...The Honey I get is from a friend of mine who has 30 to 40 active hives, I betwe go through a quart of honey a month at my house....They are all the Africanized Honey bee, no way around it out West here anymore..they are bit more aggressive, but funny enough, once they learn you mean them no harm and regularly check up on them, the get use to you and stay calm...The big pluswith African bees,is that their Honey is very tasty and has a strong wild flowerflavor that is like nothing else you've ever tasted...very muchsought after and relishedamongst the locals here...It's is our local remedy for allergies too.
That is so refreshing to see that the bee population is strong out East..West of the Mississippi, the bees have mysteriously begun to disappear..not die off, just whole hives are disappearing..the science is still out on the cause...The Honey I get is from a friend of mine who has 30 to 40 active hives, I betwe go through a quart of honey a month at my house....They are all the Africanized Honey bee, no way around it out West here anymore..they are bit more aggressive, but funny enough, once they learn you mean them no harm and regularly check up on them, the get use to you and stay calm...The big pluswith African bees,is that their Honey is very tasty and has a strong wild flowerflavor that is like nothing else you've ever tasted...very muchsought after and relishedamongst the locals here...It's is our local remedy for allergies too.
