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Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 6:13 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

and the fun of a bee suit for parties

you clearly look better in a bee suit than me dpack

put it this way I'm unlikely to pull...

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 6:15 pm Post subject:
They add an air of mystery to one's pulling power, I think. But obviously if one DOES pull, it all becomes much more complicated .

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 6:39 pm Post subject:

Chez wrote:

They add an air of mystery to one's pulling power, I think. But obviously if one DOES pull, it all becomes much more complicated

Depends whether you are a zip or a velcro person.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Posts: 35056
Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 6:43 pm Post subject:

TAVASCAROW wrote:

Chez wrote:

They add an air of mystery to one's pulling power, I think. But obviously if one DOES pull, it all becomes much more complicated

Depends whether you are a zip or a velcro person.

I've got zips and velcro

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 6:47 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

TAVASCAROW wrote:

Chez wrote:

They add an air of mystery to one's pulling power, I think. But obviously if one DOES pull, it all becomes much more complicated

Depends whether you are a zip or a velcro person.

I've got zips and velcro

Whoo-hooo! Go Jamanda

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
Posts: 5059
Location: ceredigion

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 7:45 pm Post subject:
Oddly enough I've just got back from the slimming club where I innocently said I can just about zip my beesuit up now without a struggle----to much laughter and innuendo and me going red--some people have odd minds

lottie

Joined: 11 Aug 2005
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Location: ceredigion

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 7:59 pm Post subject:
p.s.The safe time between checking in the summer to avoid swarms is a maximum of 10 days according to most of the experts---unless you have a very big colony in a langstroth and you manage to miss a queen cell inspite of checking weekly

jamanda
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 8:44 pm Post subject:

lottie wrote:

p.s.The safe time between checking in the summer to avoid swarms is
a maximum of 10 days according to most of the experts---unless you have a very big colony in a langstroth and you manage to miss a queen cell inspite of checking weekly

Did you manage to catch them?

jamanda
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 8:47 pm Post subject:
To go back to Cab's post a while ago. What is it about swarms that bothers you? The worst thing that can happen is you lose some bees and the honey they take with them. The new Queen will stay in the hive and they will build up again eventually. It's a set back, not a disaster.

Mrs Fiddlesticks

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 10460

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 9:01 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

To go back to Cab's post a while ago. What is it about swarms that bothers you? The worst thing that can happen is you lose some bees and the honey they take with them. The new Queen will stay in the hive and they will build up again eventually. It's a set back, not a disaster.

very true but I guess that outside the bee world it can seem like the be all and end all of beekeeping?

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 9:03 pm Post subject:

Mrs Fiddlesticks wrote:

Jamanda wrote:

very true but I guess that outside the bee world it can seem like the be all and end all of beekeeping?

That's because it's most exciting thing they do - (other than making honey). I loved watching that swarm walk into their hive the other week.

Rosemary Judy

Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Posts: 1215
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 9:04 pm Post subject:

I did our local course, and very good it was too, but I can't commit the time necessary, at the right time intervals, so I have an empty hive in my shed, wax foundation under the dining room table, and I am not going to be getting any bees for a year or two

What I am hoping, is that one of the retired chaps will keep bees in the space I have for them, as an out apiary and I can get my honey this way. And learn all the practical stuff, now I know the theory.

Tavascarow

Joined: 06 Aug 2006
Posts: 8407
Location: South Cornwall

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 9:10 pm Post subject:
But to the uneducated members of the public its a mass of vengeful vindictive alien creatures determined to kill as many innocent passers by before someone nukes them with a healthy dose of DDT!! Got to be honest though I still wear a veil when I catch them.

hedgehogpie

Joined: 02 May 2006
Posts: 684
Location: Kent

Posted: Mon Jun 30, 08 9:19 pm Post subject:
Ok, final suggestion. Find that bloke on the allotment with the hives and have a chat with him. Ask if he'd mind showing you the ropes when you're both about up there, then you can get a proper feel for the process without committing time you may not have. Then contact/join local Beekeeper Association and get totally hooked. Go on, you know you want to......

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
Posts: 35934
Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Tue Jul 01, 08 8:27 am Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

It's also a positive - because it leaves you with a nice young queen.

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