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angi
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 Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject: Bees are just amazing |
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Today I enjoyed one of the most fascinating experiences of my life, an hour spent with a bee keeper. Petes dad keeps bees and took me along to teach and show me how things were done. Well, it was like being in the middle of a David Attenbrough programme about bees. It was so interesting and I learned loads.
I got kitted out in the full sexy beekeeping regalia ( Which included yellow marigold gloves and wellies 5 sizes too large! lol, pics to follow ) and even got to hold one of the sections with bees all over. I got to see the eggs, the grubs, see the difference between cells with grubs in and cells full of honey which are sealed, plus drone cells and queen bee cells and bees with huge sacs of varying coloured pollen. One queen bee cell even had a new bee grub in it as the bees aren't happy with their current queen. I loved every minute of it. One problem though, I need to get stung to see if I have a reaction before I can keep them myself
If ever anyone needed proof that I'm mad they now have it!
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okay , thats me posting, Im not sure how I ended up with two logins, lol.
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Sounds a real interesting day. So have you tried stinging yourself yet? 
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watched a great prog on the box the other day, showed giant japanese hornets attcking a beehive and slaughtering the occupants,but then it showed how some species of bee attack the hornet scout, and smother it with their bodies moving ceaselessy around it till they raise the temperature of the hornet so high it actually kills it,and the scout never returns so the hive is safe. 
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| If i could I'd love to keep bees in the future. There's a lot of talk as to why they are in decline at the moment. |
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| kingcobra wrote: | | watched a great prog on the box the other day, showed giant japanese hornets attcking a beehive and slaughtering the occupants,but then it showed how some species of bee attack the hornet scout, and smother it with their bodies moving ceaselessy around it till they raise the temperature of the hornet so high it actually kills it,and the scout never returns so the hive is safe. |
Man, that program was the dogs danglers, would NOT want to get in the way of those hornets - ouch!
Angi - did your friend mention anything about his queens just up and leaving? there seems to be something going on at the mo' with the queens not holding their colony's together and bees are just dieing off!?
the experts are without a clue  
think this is happening across the pond as well!?
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| Quote: | | There's a lot of talk as to why they are in decline at the moment. |
Most of the losses in the UK at the moment seem to be through Varroa mite infestations, but over in the States they've been suffering whats been termed as "Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)"
Where colonies seemingly healthy and well overwintered with plenty of stores, just die out suddenly with no apparent reason.
There are signs that similar things are have happened over here this year to a couple of beekeepers, but so far nothing conclusive has been found. Most beekeepers seem to think that Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is another viral infection spread by the varroa mite, something hopefully that can be eradicated at some stage in the future.
I only help out with my fathers colonies at the moment on his allotment, having not had time since my two lads were born to look after the amount of colonies I had, but as soon as they are at school, I'll start building up the apiary again.  |
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He isnt having any problems at present luckily.
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