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Old July 21st, 2009  
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Honey Bees

I'm a beekeeper. The county Beekepers Association wanted to sponser a young person (I'm 15) to get youth involved in beekeeping. I heard about it through my uncle, who is also a beekeeper. I applied and they chose me. Anyone else a beekeeper? Interested in honeybees?

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Old July 21st, 2009  
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wow congrats!! what an interesting hobby/job ...the only bee's I keep are away from me!!!!!
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Old July 21st, 2009  
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Congradulations! That's great. I am not a beekeeper. A girlfriend of mine who works outside has a friend who is a beekeeper, the beekeeper brings her wooden boxes with bees holding one female. It's really interesting to watch them when they are out and helping to pollenate the gardens.
I hope you have a lot of fun with it - great learning experience.
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Old July 21st, 2009  
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Hello Heather. mmmm I love some honey in my cereal I had honey bees nest in my fire place last year. I called a couple of bee keepers and they didn't want them. I called a bee remover suggested by the bee keeper I called, and I just couldn't have my fire place torn out and charged $250 to go along with the mess and having to rebuild. So, sadly I had to take care of it myself. (it wasn't pretty) Honey bees returned this spring. So to solve the problem once and for all I completely sealed the fire place with spray foam that fills gaps (but doesn't not expand) . I hated to do it because they really are getting scarce around here. Every year I have to pollinate more and more of my flowers myself for them to go to seed. I thought for sure the bee keepers would jump at the chance to have them. hmmmmm your thoughts ?
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Old July 21st, 2009  
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Congratulations! I'm not a beekeeper, but it sounds like a really interesting job
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Old July 21st, 2009  
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Well, what else could you do? Next time I would go to the bee culture website (I'll give you a link) and click on State Apiarist Directory. See if you can find the phone number or e-mail address of someone who can help you. Another option would be to catch the honeybees and put them in a hive of your own. Then you wouldn't have to worry about pollination and you would be doing something good for the environment. I would definatly seek the help of a beekeeper when removing the bees. If you want to learn more, find the book "The Backyard Beekeeper." You could also learn more on the internet. They are fascinating little creatures.

http://www.beeculture.com/index.cfm
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Old July 21st, 2009  
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Thanks Heather!
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Old July 26th, 2009  
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My brother keeps bees - so does one of his sons. He won't take a "wild" hive because they have been cross bred with the so-called africanized bees. They are more aggressive than the domestic strain. To keep his hives "pure", he re-queens every year. He takes his bees to California to pollinate the almond orchards there. My Mom kept a couple of hives in our backyard when I was very young. I'm sensitive to the bee stings now - not exactly allergic, but I do swell up pretty bad if I get stung. We must have a feral hive somewhere around here though, there are tons of bees coming to my pond for the water.
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Old July 27th, 2009  
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We don't have africanized bees here in West Virginia. My bees are buckfast. They're very gentle and are doing great so far. I hope to have a decent honey crop this year.
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Old July 29th, 2009  
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Merged threads

Here's a bee pic. This was taken the day I put my bees in the hive. All the bees are females except the fat one in the middle. That is a drone, a male bee. Drones don't poliate. Their sole purpose is reproduction. They don't even have a stinger. When the weather turns cold in the fall, the worker bees forcibly drag the drones out of the hive because they preform no useful function. They either starve or freeze. The other bees surrounding the drone are workers. All worker bees are female. Click the image to open in full size.

Drone picture attempt number two:

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Attempt number three:

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grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's still not working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good morning. I merged these threads. Ken

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Old July 29th, 2009  
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Picture wouldn't open for me
I read an article saying that bee had suffered a bacterial infection and had died out but are finally coming back a little stronger. We don't use any pesticides in the hopes that we can help a little After all without all the little flying creatures plants don't get pollinated
Sounds like an interesting line of work. My granddad kept honey bees when I was young.
Carol
That's really nice printable poster down at the bottom

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Old July 30th, 2009  
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my dad was a bee keeper. They stung me like crazy when i was little
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Old August 1st, 2009  
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my nieghbor made his own honey with his own beehive, it was cool. he had a shed he made one wall out of that one way glass and he had the bee hive build into the wall. it was sooo cool. you could go into his shed and watch the bees work without being stung. he could be called a bee keeper but he would be a little old. he made really good honey.
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Old August 1st, 2009  
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That's really cool. The picture is working now! Yay!!! I was doing it wrong. It needed resized anyway.
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Old August 2nd, 2009  
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That's a cool pic!
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Old August 2nd, 2009  
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Old August 3rd, 2009  
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Nice picture Heather! I merged some of your threads where pictures were not coming through, to save space and be a little less confusing. Hope you don't mind.
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Old August 3rd, 2009  
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I merged some of your threads where pictures were not coming through, to save space and be a little less confusing. Hope you don't mind.
Ken
I don't mind at all. Thanks.
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