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Bee Keeping
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:32 pm
Any of y'all baws got a bee hive?
I think it's an awesome idea, but I have no clue about how to get it started. Do you have to have someone donate a queen and a small colony? Surely you don't just set it up and they show up...
I found this kit on amazon. LINK
I think it's an awesome idea, but I have no clue about how to get it started. Do you have to have someone donate a queen and a small colony? Surely you don't just set it up and they show up...
I found this kit on amazon. LINK
This post was edited on 7/30/15 at 3:33 pm
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Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:34 pm to Clyde Tipton
My dad had one when I was a kid out in Keithville. If I remember right, you order the bees and they come in a box in the mail.
It was pretty cool getting our own honey.
It was pretty cool getting our own honey.
This post was edited on 7/30/15 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:42 pm to Clyde Tipton
i have 2 hives of italian bees
there will be a beekeeping organization somewhere close to wherever tyou live. contact them, they will put you in touch with someone from whom you can buy a "nuc" hive, which will be a queen and a few worker bees.
once you get your shite set up at home, you bring a frame box to to the beekeeper, he'll dump the nuc into your box, which you then bring home and set on your hive
there will be a beekeeping organization somewhere close to wherever tyou live. contact them, they will put you in touch with someone from whom you can buy a "nuc" hive, which will be a queen and a few worker bees.
once you get your shite set up at home, you bring a frame box to to the beekeeper, he'll dump the nuc into your box, which you then bring home and set on your hive
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:48 pm to Clyde Tipton
I want. Was just thinking about keeping a hive in my yard. then I started thinking about all the honey extraction equipment I'd need and I thought again.
Posted on 7/30/15 at 3:56 pm to cgrand
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i have 2 hives
How much work goes into maintaining them? Do you have to do anything to protect the colony from disease or anything like that?
Posted on 7/30/15 at 4:21 pm to Clyde Tipton
not too much really
you can medicate them with hive top feeders if you want to, i dont
i just leave them be, and take honey about every 2 years. hive beetles are the biggest concern, you can try to keep them out but a few wont do too much harm
they are cool creatures to observe and if you keep a garden or orchard, they are indispensable
you can medicate them with hive top feeders if you want to, i dont
i just leave them be, and take honey about every 2 years. hive beetles are the biggest concern, you can try to keep them out but a few wont do too much harm
they are cool creatures to observe and if you keep a garden or orchard, they are indispensable
Posted on 7/30/15 at 4:22 pm to cgrand
Posted on 7/30/15 at 11:20 pm to Clyde Tipton
Bump this again in the morning. I can help you out
Posted on 7/31/15 at 6:59 am to Clyde Tipton
I have a friend who just bought 2 nucs for I think 95 each, I can get the guys name if you need it.
to you, its a good thing to do
to you, its a good thing to do
Posted on 7/31/15 at 7:47 am to misterc
I use to help a guy rob his hives and make honey. He had a pretty good operation just outside of Marksville. We have made 14 55 gal. drums in a weekend.
Had a few of my own and helped my grandfather set some up too. I'm not familiar with "nucs". We would take the top box or two off of a hive at night and move it where we wanted it and just add a queen bee to it to make a new hive. I'm guessing that's what a nuc is, but not sure.
Had a few of my own and helped my grandfather set some up too. I'm not familiar with "nucs". We would take the top box or two off of a hive at night and move it where we wanted it and just add a queen bee to it to make a new hive. I'm guessing that's what a nuc is, but not sure.
Posted on 7/31/15 at 8:40 am to cgrand
quote:didn't know it took that long, how much honey do you get from 2 hives? Seems like a lot of maintenance just to harvest every 2yrs...
take honey about every 2 years
Posted on 7/31/15 at 9:28 am to swanny297
you can take honey every year if you want, but remember why the bees are making honey...its their food. i dont have the hives because i want honey, i have them because i want bees
Posted on 7/31/15 at 10:11 am to Langston
Did this guy live in Hessmer? Was his initials JG?
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