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Anyone here keep bees
Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:38 pm
Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:38 pm
Just getting into it and was wondering if anyone here had any input.
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Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:40 pm to INFIDEL
Always wanted to do this. Saw your pic on fb. Thats a unique set up.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:42 pm to INFIDEL
There is a bee club in baton rouge.... Would join that if your wanting to get into it
Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:57 pm to INFIDEL
Not for long.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 8:04 pm to INFIDEL
Build dem nucs like lil kim
Posted on 8/8/17 at 8:10 pm to rattlebucket
No but I get an occasional wasp inside my house.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 8:27 pm to INFIDEL
My wife has bees. We took I think about 30 gallons about 3 weeks ago from them. 4 hives.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 8:31 pm to jorconalx
quote:
Always wanted to do this. Saw your pic on fb. Thats a unique set up.
Yeah, its called a top bar hive. Now all I have to do is get the damn bees to stay in it
Posted on 8/8/17 at 8:37 pm to INFIDEL
I did for a few years, many years ago. I'll try to answer your questions.
Ramblings:
Leave 2 super boxes for brood, and a queen excluder between the brood boxes and the honey comb boxes. My preference was small frame boxes for honey production, since they are easier to handle. Monitor to determine the need to add for more room, but not until necessary.
If you don't allow enough room for brood, the queen may swarm to look for another location. Then you'll lose 1/2 of your bees. If this happens the remaining bees will feed royal jelly to several worker bee larvae. The first to mature will kill the emerging competitors.
A weak hive can be requeened by removing the old queen, and inserting a new queen cage. It has a "candy" plug that the workers eat to get to her. The time doing that, lets them get used to her scent and accept her as the new queen.
Drones are only there to mate one time with the new queen. The queen only mates one time in the air, and uses the sperm for her entire laying life. The drones don't work and live off the hive. But during hard times, the worker bees will kick the drones out of the hive and they will die, since they can't care for themselves.
Don't over smoke. It can produce the opposite effect of calming them.
If you need to move a hive, do it after sunset. Late returners to the hive will still go back to the old location.
Start small and gain confidence and learn your capabilities. Better to have one strong hive than several weak ones or mismanaged ones.
I've done enough for now with general stuff. Feel free to ask questions and I'll try to help.
Ramblings:
Leave 2 super boxes for brood, and a queen excluder between the brood boxes and the honey comb boxes. My preference was small frame boxes for honey production, since they are easier to handle. Monitor to determine the need to add for more room, but not until necessary.
If you don't allow enough room for brood, the queen may swarm to look for another location. Then you'll lose 1/2 of your bees. If this happens the remaining bees will feed royal jelly to several worker bee larvae. The first to mature will kill the emerging competitors.
A weak hive can be requeened by removing the old queen, and inserting a new queen cage. It has a "candy" plug that the workers eat to get to her. The time doing that, lets them get used to her scent and accept her as the new queen.
Drones are only there to mate one time with the new queen. The queen only mates one time in the air, and uses the sperm for her entire laying life. The drones don't work and live off the hive. But during hard times, the worker bees will kick the drones out of the hive and they will die, since they can't care for themselves.
Don't over smoke. It can produce the opposite effect of calming them.
If you need to move a hive, do it after sunset. Late returners to the hive will still go back to the old location.
Start small and gain confidence and learn your capabilities. Better to have one strong hive than several weak ones or mismanaged ones.
I've done enough for now with general stuff. Feel free to ask questions and I'll try to help.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 8:38 pm to Martini
quote:You're lucky. Mine has crabs.
My wife has bees
Posted on 8/8/17 at 8:40 pm to Geauxtiga
Boil some water.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 8:55 pm to INFIDEL
I'll buy honey from whomever does
Posted on 8/8/17 at 10:55 pm to LSUlefty
My wife doesn't sell it. Just gives it away and we use it often.
George Dupere got my wife into it and if you are around BR or South Louisiana you probably have seen his yellow sign with black letters nailed up everywhere. "Got a bee problem? call George."
Sadly he had a massive stroke about 6 weeks ago and probably won't touch a bee again.
George Dupere got my wife into it and if you are around BR or South Louisiana you probably have seen his yellow sign with black letters nailed up everywhere. "Got a bee problem? call George."
Sadly he had a massive stroke about 6 weeks ago and probably won't touch a bee again.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 7:00 am to INFIDEL
Where are you located? There's a place called Jennings Apiaries around Ruston that might be a good resource for you, very friendly folks.
Posted on 8/9/17 at 9:29 am to INFIDEL
My dad started doing it a few years ago, he's up to around 100 hives now. I know he's watched a lot of videos on youtube and read some books to get started. I believe the guy on youtube that makes a ton of teaching type videos calls himself "Fat Bee Man" and he is in Georgia I think.
I've helped out in the bee yard a handful of times, but living 14 hours away now doesn't allow me to help (provide free labor) the pops as much as he would like.
Where are you located?
I've helped out in the bee yard a handful of times, but living 14 hours away now doesn't allow me to help (provide free labor) the pops as much as he would like.
Where are you located?
Posted on 8/9/17 at 9:47 am to INFIDEL
quote:
Just getting into it and was wondering if anyone here had any input.
There's a guy on bayoushooter that's pretty big in it. I believe his handle is LABeeman.
For those wanting local honey, in BR, he also sells it from a self serve stand setup at his house.
This post was edited on 8/9/17 at 9:48 am
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