bees are sweet

[iTuN3r]

Something like this would be good enough for those bees They will love it.

 

[physicspirate]

Something like this would be good enough for those bees They will love it.

That looks like a really nice setup! Its green and has lots of delicious flowers to eat. What more could a bee ask for?

 

[iTuN3r]

That looks like a really nice setup! Its green and has lots of delicious flowers to eat. What more could a bee ask for?

Yup they love it . We had around 14boxes in big farm with several Fruit plants like mango,orange,grapes,Pineapple & several other flowers . There were few wild bees groups within Tree branches too . It was really fun back there specially when it was time to collect the honey from those boxes

 

[x4rl]

Oh yeah, heres a new picture of them that I took today. Some were outside the hive for a little while the sun was out.

My Bees:
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A Bumble Bee looking for a hole to nest in by my bees:

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Where you from? the first image looks like a bunch of "uk" wasps

 

[physicspirate]

Where you from? the first image looks like a bunch of "uk" wasps

I'm in Grande Prairie, Alberta. Wasps are scary haha.

 

[physicspirate]

Well, its the end of the bee season. I've got my hives ready for the winter, and I can't wait to get started again next season. I managed to steal remove the excess honey from my hives, which was over a hundred pounds. Heres a pic of me pulling out honey frames.

 

[EQnoble]

DAMN BOY! NO joke!!! you got the beekeeper outfit and everything...your a beast!

Now when you say the excess honey (100lbs DAMN)...do you mean this is honey left after your harvesting?

 

[physicspirate]

DAMN BOY! NO joke!!! you got the beekeeper outfit and everything...your a beast!

Now when you say the excess honey (100lbs DAMN)...do you mean this is honey left after your harvesting?

Haha, I had to get the suit so I stopped sweating every time I worked the hives. There is nothing more unnerving than opening up a hive of bees and having them fly around, land on you, and carry about their business while you rob them of their honey. I haven't been stung yet working them.

I left the bees about 150lbs of honey per hive to eat over the winter. Its my first year wintering and I want them to survive, so I left them more than most beekeepers in the area do; however, most beekeepers in the area lose about 40% of their hives over winter too, so we'll see what happens.

The honey I took was just the excess ontop of their wintering stores. Honeybees produce way more honey then they need, I just take what they won't eat right away Its amazing to think that each bee carries 1/12 of a teaspoon of nectar back to the hive, so there were alot of bees flying to and fro all summer to get the honey they did in such a short period.