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Last summer, two college age girl's with some environmental organization showed up at my door step asking me to donate some money to help stop big Agriculture from killing off all the bee's with harmful pesticides and all kinds of terrible chemicals being used. Told them I have a bunch bee's gathering all the pollen from the Virginia creepers out back right now, so I was thinking they could be wrong about all these bee's gone missing. I've plenty hanging around. Maybe your the one stealing all the bee's they were talking about.?
There is something going on with the bees and people having colony collapses. They are in decline for sure. Some say monsanto ( R-4-D) round up and such but I still sparay it. Old timer friend made sour wood honey it was like golden amber. He got to old to move his hives back and forth to the North Ga mtns.
I collected these in a short sleeve shirt and no mask and was not stung once. Took 3 trips in to get them all and hopefully the queen. It was a loud buzzing though,Lol
Thanks for the comments.
yea honey bees are like bumble bees . I don't think they will sting unless you step on them, or cause them pain
Rest assured dude..they will cause you pain!
as a shoe less kid running around my yard, I know I stepped on a few.
I don't remember last time I got Stung though .
Been a good many years.
Not being allergic. a bees sting or even Potential sting doesn't prevent me
from my Intended rounds whatever that may be though.
I just bat them out the way, or move elsewhere if they don't get the hint
to fly away yellow jackets are the biggest nuisance
as a shoe less kid running around my yard, I know I stepped on a few.
I don't remember last time I got Stung though .
Been a good many years.
Not being allergic. a bees sting or even Potential sting doesn't prevent me
from my Intended rounds whatever that may be though.
I just bat them out the way, or move elsewhere if they don't get the hint
to fly away yellow jackets are the biggest nuisance if your in their airspace.
They will sting when protecting a hive and food but not so much when in a swarm. They are sending out bee's to locate a new home and covering the queen. I was hit by a few black and white hornets and it does feel like you are being shot!
Jeff we have the yellow jackets bad here. They swarm to sting lol
If I may add to the thread a pic of my hive...we checked inside 2 weeks ago, it was a thriving, healthy hive, with no signs of parasites or hive beetles. The Queen is laying strong with multiple orientation flights each week. Now that spring is here, we are hoping to yield about 30 pounds of honey next week or so.
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I'll try to get pics of the process.