WeednFeed Posted March 22, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 344 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2328 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3796 Achievement Points: 24006 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) I ordered a bee hive to keep in my yard. Bees won’t be available until June. Does anyone here have bees for a hobby? Edited March 22, 2023 by WeednFeed TBB and GhostfaceJim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BeerGoat Posted March 22, 2023 Member ID: 2923 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1242 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 294 Achievement Points: 8349 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 08:58 PM Birthday: 03/20/1976 Device: Windows Share Posted March 22, 2023 I have 3 hives and setting 3 more up this spring, bees are supposed to be here mid-April, I'm pretty sure it varies on location. Now the baby chicks.... they won't be here till the end of august. WeednFeed, TBB, RobMc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted March 23, 2023 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 264 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18123 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20132 Achievement Points: 132801 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 263 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted March 23, 2023 I call my girlfriend Honey Bee - does that count?? WeednFeed, major-mark63, jointz and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted March 23, 2023 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 264 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18123 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20132 Achievement Points: 132801 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 263 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted March 23, 2023 Just saw this - don't know if it would be oy any help - free e-book on keeping bees https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8W1YY95?ie=UTF8&_encoding=UTF8&tag=bensbargaicenter&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 Mule and WeednFeed 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RobMc Posted March 23, 2023 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.15 Reputation: 9114 Achievement Points: 63248 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted March 23, 2023 Be the only sticky fingers he'll get this year I bet ? Mule, WeednFeed and TBB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim3839 Posted March 23, 2023 Member ID: 3857 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 72 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 87 Achievement Points: 602 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/30/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 09:23 PM Device: Windows Share Posted March 23, 2023 (edited) The wife has a Honey Hive.. Edited March 23, 2023 by Tim3839 WeednFeed, TBB and RobMc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WeednFeed Posted March 23, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 344 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2328 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3796 Achievement Points: 24006 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 2 hours ago, RobMc said: Be the only sticky fingers he'll get this year I bet ? jointz, TBB and RobMc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
J3st3r Posted March 24, 2023 Member ID: 2162 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 153 Topic Count: 152 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 5087 Content Per Day: 1.05 Reputation: 5009 Achievement Points: 44656 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 22 Joined: 01/25/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 02/26/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) The old guy had 6 big hives when I was younger and used to bottle and sell Honey in a few local stores. It can get expensive if you buy a larger extractor and good quality bee suit and spare parts for your hives. But with the price of Honey being what it is, you can pay for most of your equipment within a couple of years. Make sure that you have a pair of decent cow hide gloves. The fabric gloves are easier to work in but you probibly do not want to get your hands all stung up. Eventually you will get a few stings in between your fingers. This actually looks like a decent little starter kit. All you really need is a veil and a zip up canvas coat with draw string at the waist. Honey Bees typically go for your face if you piss them off. They sense the CO2 coming from your face holes. Eyes, ears, nose and mouth all expel atleast some CO2. Remember that because it can save you from getting fucked up lol. https://www.amazon.com/ALPHA-HIVE-Universal-Keeping-Bundle/dp/B09D7DJ9S5 It can be a pain in the ass. Mold and disease and mites and many other insects can quickly kill a hive, leaving a new queen hatch out will most likely cause a swarm, keep a close eye out for queen cells and get rid of them unless your queen is aging and you need a new one. Typically an adult queen will live for 3-5 years depending on what kind of bees and what genetics it has. A hand full of Bald faced hornets and some ant species can quickly decapitate all of your bees. Seen the devastation that a few of those damn bald faced hornets can do. We lost 1/2 of 1 of the large 5 tier hives which was probibly around 6,000-8,000 bees to a small group of Bald Faced Hornets. We even found out that Hornets will clip the wings off of honey bees and carry them off and drop them in water. There was a bunch of drowned bees in the small pond/swamp down the hill from the hives. We actually found the Hornet nest by following a trail of dead honey bees. It was about 40 foot up in one of our big pine trees. Dad eliminated it with about a dozen 12 gauge bird shot rounds lol. He had his bee suit on luckily because there was pissed off hornets everywhere. It was a large nest. We lost 3 of our hives to what we think was chemical poisoning. We lived near a large natural gas pipe line and they used to spray weed control chemicals on it every few years to keep trees from taking it over. In the spring the whole hill side would be in bloom with thick wild black raspberry bushes and clover and all sorts of other flowering plants. Dad decided to set fire to those hives because they were most likely contaminated. 2 years later we had a black bear wreck the remaining hives that we had down across the road. A bear especially one that is looking to fatten up for winter hibernation or has just came out of hibernation will completely and very quickly destroy hives. Edited March 24, 2023 by J3st3r Majbasil, WeednFeed and Mule 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WeednFeed Posted March 25, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 344 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2328 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3796 Achievement Points: 24006 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 this is the hive I ordered from a local shop. Might be delivered in the next few days. Still snow on the ground but I'll have to get it painted and set up. Bees won't be ready until June, https://nbeegold.ca/products/grow-with-me-deep-super-beekeeping-starter-kit?_pos=2&_sid=b4c5288d9&_ss=r Hunter1948 and Mule 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
GhostfaceJim Posted March 25, 2023 Member ID: 2314 Group: ++ Conan Exiles Admin Followers: 32 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 20717 Content Per Day: 4.33 Reputation: 5314 Achievement Points: 113891 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 50 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 21 hours ago Birthday: 04/22/1975 Device: Windows Share Posted March 25, 2023 That is great. Just starting a garden and a hive sounds great! WeednFeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WeednFeed Posted March 25, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 344 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2328 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3796 Achievement Points: 24006 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 @GhostfaceJimYou’re going to love gardening. Start small enough so you won’t get overwhelmed. It’s very important to pay attention to ph. Have you soil tested and amend as per the test results. Look around your neighbourhood for the successful gardeners, stop by and get some pointers. enjoy GhostfaceJim and Majbasil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
GhostfaceJim Posted March 25, 2023 Member ID: 2314 Group: ++ Conan Exiles Admin Followers: 32 Topic Count: 112 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 20717 Content Per Day: 4.33 Reputation: 5314 Achievement Points: 113891 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 50 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 21 hours ago Birthday: 04/22/1975 Device: Windows Share Posted March 25, 2023 It is long past no return. Started building raised garden beds and whoever invented them must be evil. So much work to fill. Bought my house recently and some dipshit put a bunch of gravel in some of the gardenbeds so I've been digging that out. Sheeesh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
RobMc Posted March 25, 2023 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 257 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 5785 Content Per Day: 2.15 Reputation: 9114 Achievement Points: 63248 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 132 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Share Posted March 25, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, GhostfaceJim said: It is long past no return. Started building raised garden beds and whoever invented them must be evil. So much work to fill. Bought my house recently and some dipshit put a bunch of gravel in some of the gardenbeds so I've been digging that out. Sheeesh! Careful he's probably put the gravel for drainage, for raised beds you don't need to fill them completely with soil/compost, to save money most fill the bottoms with polystyrene foam, broken bottles/tiles etc which give good drainage. As Weed said get a good soil/compost mix for the upper bit, fill to top at first as it settles. Raised beds are the best way to limit pests so stick at it. Edited March 25, 2023 by RobMc WeednFeed and Majbasil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerGoat Posted March 27, 2023 Member ID: 2923 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1242 Content Per Day: 0.27 Reputation: 294 Achievement Points: 8349 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Thursday at 08:58 PM Birthday: 03/20/1976 Device: Windows Share Posted March 27, 2023 On 3/24/2023 at 9:20 PM, WeednFeed said: this is the hive I ordered from a local shop. Might be delivered in the next few days. Still snow on the ground but I'll have to get it painted and set up. Bees won't be ready until June, https://nbeegold.ca/products/grow-with-me-deep-super-beekeeping-starter-kit?_pos=2&_sid=b4c5288d9&_ss=r Dadant sells them put together and painted for less than that FYI WeednFeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WeednFeed Posted March 27, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 344 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2328 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3796 Achievement Points: 24006 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted March 27, 2023 6 hours ago, BeerGoat said: Dadant sells them put together and painted for less than that FYI My link has 2 TEN FRAME supers and 2 TEN FRAME UPPERS. adding those up and the exchange to convert to US funds is $1.37 ca for every US dollar. I really appreciate the information. If our $$ was par the world would be a better place lol. Hunter1948 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Streetcleaner Posted March 31, 2023 Member ID: 20996 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 12 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1744 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 1519 Achievement Points: 15647 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/27/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 01:11 AM Device: Windows Share Posted March 31, 2023 that and a bat house are on my list for this spring,the hive will start out with 150 bees the bat house....none,lol they will move in.I have woods and creek in my back yard,so it will all be good....I hope. Bees for the gardens and flowers and general pollination.The bats,mosquitos... RobMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeednFeed Posted April 1, 2023 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 344 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2328 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3796 Achievement Points: 24006 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 10 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: Windows Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 On 3/31/2023 at 12:07 AM, Streetcleaner said: that and a bat house are on my list for this spring,the hive will start out with 150 bees the bat house....none,lol they will move in.I have woods and creek in my back yard,so it will all be good....I hope. Bees for the gardens and flowers and general pollination.The bats,mosquitos... Most new Nucleus hives should have 10,000 to 15,000 bees with a queen to start off with. I think. The Nucs usually come with4 frames that includes brood, eggs, workers nectar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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