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Bees swarm pickup truck in Costco parking lot
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:39 pm
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Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:41 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Cool, free honey for the road.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:42 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Didn't expect to catch a buzz at Costco
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:42 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
I love honey though. There was a badass honey cheesecake I had recently.
Though about buying a hive just to collect honey
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Especially after I saw this
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Though about buying a hive just to collect honey
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Especially after I saw this
LINK
This post was edited on 7/9/19 at 11:01 pm
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:52 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
You gotta gently capture the queen. Near the center of mass of the swarm you should able to locate her. Just scoop up that shiny new princess and the cohort will stay close to her. Once you've got'm collected, you can just drop the swarm into a new box.
Boom! Free bee colony! A new brood-chamber and stack of comb foundations shouldn't cost much more than a 150 bucks.
Boom! Free bee colony! A new brood-chamber and stack of comb foundations shouldn't cost much more than a 150 bucks.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:52 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
:nopenopenope:
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:53 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
They bees crazy....
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:53 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Happened in my back yard one time. I looked at the window and it looked like a tornado. I opened the door and it ws a swarm of bees. Within 20 minutes they made a huge arse hive in my back hedges. Had to call a bee specialist out the next morning
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:54 pm to SEClint
I do love me some honey!
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:54 pm to Woodreaux
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Near the center of mass of the swarm you should able to locate her.
Ugh....whose getting close enough to then stick their hand in there to fiddle around and find her?
Not this guy.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 10:55 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:05 pm to Booyow
I’d walk back in and buy a case of wasp spray 
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:10 pm to SEClint
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Though about buying a hive just to collect honey
Not as easy as you think, takes a good bit of thought and preparation.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:11 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Girly honey-do's finally caught up with him.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:12 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Set your truck on fire and nuke it from orbit is the only option
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:13 pm to brass2mouth
Ideally, you've got a bee-suit on.
It's just gloves, baggy tucked in clothes and a screen/mesh hood thing over a safari hat: looks silly, but keeps bees out and allows fresh air in. Like MOPP-4 but way easier.
Most strains are pretty docile. They're not hornets! When honey bees swarm, they're seeking a home (after leaving an overcrowded parent colony led by the newly deflowered queen). By collecting swarms and furnishing them with what they naturally consider a castle built by benevolent aliens, you're facilitating that swarms' collective instinctive imperative.
If you provide a swarm a loving home and become their patron, they'll be grateful to you, and show their good feelings by being pretty good sports when you pillage their honey stockpiles. You can't wipe'm out dry, but there's guidelines and best practices.
It's just gloves, baggy tucked in clothes and a screen/mesh hood thing over a safari hat: looks silly, but keeps bees out and allows fresh air in. Like MOPP-4 but way easier.
Most strains are pretty docile. They're not hornets! When honey bees swarm, they're seeking a home (after leaving an overcrowded parent colony led by the newly deflowered queen). By collecting swarms and furnishing them with what they naturally consider a castle built by benevolent aliens, you're facilitating that swarms' collective instinctive imperative.
If you provide a swarm a loving home and become their patron, they'll be grateful to you, and show their good feelings by being pretty good sports when you pillage their honey stockpiles. You can't wipe'm out dry, but there's guidelines and best practices.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:15 pm to Woodreaux
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You gotta gently capture the queen. Near the center of mass of the swarm you should able to locate her. Just scoop up that shiny new princess and the cohort will stay close to her.
And if they’re Africanized???
That would at least make for a good YouTube video.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:19 pm to AUsteriskPride
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Not as easy as you think, takes a good bit of thought and preparation.
I grow indoor organic soil based marijuana for a living. Thought and preparation are part of the fun
Posted on 7/9/19 at 11:46 pm to SEClint
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I grow indoor organic soil based marijuana for a living. Thought and preparation are part of the fun
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