bees it's that time of year again apiarists get in here

>>982340
How many times were you stung?

>>982340
Why do bees attract horse flies?

every time a local guy moves his bees to a lot near me. I see a huge increase in horse flies.. and the closer to the hives I get, the more horse flies seem to be hanging around?

and I know its the bees bringing them around because as soon as the hives are gone, blam horse flies gone too.

>>982340
Why would you grow bees? They're useless assholes that sting you.

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>>982344
only once in the last 20 years

>>982347
interesting, never heard of that before

>>982348
>useless
don't be silly anon
they bring me honey and wax and pollinate my food and are just awesome in general and fun to watch

have a book
http://a.pomf.se/gheetd.pdf

>>982340
Now that's something I could get into. I love honey and just looking at those combs has me salivating. Hehe.

Many years ago I had a neighbour who kept bees, got to stand close and watch him work. I swear you can sense the attitude of a hive. One seemed pretty cool and tolerated our presence, while another their buzz sounded slightly higher in pitch and lot of them were landing on us and the mesh in front of our faces. Neighbour said enough, come back another day when they were less 'growly'.

>>982348
>They're useless assholes that sting you.

>bees
>useless

Are you perhaps thinking of wasps?

Because bees are kind of important.

how to keep hive warm in winter?

>>982348
Bees are essential to like, 90% of the worlds food production capacity. They also produce honey. Far from useless.

You might be thinking of wasps. Which are assholes true, but are also very important for eliminating pests. They eat the larvae of a number of nasty pests.

>>982340
how do they get honey in or out of the wax? the bees I mean. I know they fill it with honey then put an egg in. but what if they run short of honey or they need to top up a birthing cube or get hungry or something? can they just eat the honey?

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>>982503
your bees actually perform a very small minority of polination activities. the vast majority of polination is done by either parasites of honey bees or other polinators like moths and beetles.

>ITT I trigger apiarists

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>>982340
Everyday at about the same time in the afternoon a black bumble bees comes to visit. It cruises around my plants looking for flowers. Goes inside my kitchen to check for flowers and will do a quick check of my garage if it's open. I don't mess with it bug a cat might take an occasional swipe at one.

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>>982492
if they have enough food to eat (the honey they made (this is why you can't take it all)), they keep themselves warm
they are one of the few insects that, rather than going dormant in the winter, actually fight the cold by burning honey
that said, I lost a hive this winter I think do to a cold snap
going to try literally wrapping it in a blanket this year

>>982514
typically and in the wild, comb is first used for brood, then pollen stores, then honey
as they grow the comb downwards from the ceiling, this is how it is naturally stratified with the honey at the top in the oldest comb
this is actually how my hives work - it's basically just a simulated tree
to collect the honey you simply cut off the top box

they do not grow their young in the honey as you seem to be suggesting
honey comb and brood comb are separated

yes, if a cell is full and capped and they need some, they just chew through it and eat it

>>982583
bumble bees are parasitic. they kill colony forming bee hives then set up shop building a family of 20 or so fellow bees. they're pretty cool bros.

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>>982584
>brood comb
did not know this. how do beekeepers seperate the two? I saw them seperating the honey from things like this on a field trip back in grade school. do they just take all the honey or what? like just leave the strip with the queen or are there many different boxes and they're just really stupid so you take the first box off and they will never use the top box for brood comb or something?

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here's my hive right now

>>982503
It's more like 30% of the food supply.

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>>982590
depends on the kind of hive
something like that or mine you just have to separate and cut out the honey comb by hand
but the typical langstroth hive might have queen excluders that keep her from entering (and thus laying) in certain boxes

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and here's the wax and some of the honey I got from just a single box
there were actually two full mason jars, but I already gave one to my parents

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>>982340
Hey guys, did i do good? I just put a black bag over it in the sun u til it stopped buzzing.

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>>982612

>>982612
>>982614
>killing honeybees
>not collecting them, giving them a new home, and having them make honey for you
are you fucking retar...
>namefag
i urge you to try tying that bag around your head next

>>982347
There is a simple answer:
when does the local bee guy move his bees to a lot near you ? When the crops are flowering/need pollinating.
Horse-flies feed on nectar so it makes sense that they arrive when there is the most nectar this just happens to be the optimal time for bees too.
Only females suck blood (and only when they want to lay eggs).
Some plants actually use the horse-fly as the main pollinator.

>>982340
Not a beekeeper here but I found some whipped wildflower honey at a local gas station made by a local farmer. Literally the best honey ever.

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>>982614
>>982612

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>>982518
Give me some beetle or moth made honey, oh wait, you cant.
>3/10

>>982492
Go steal people's bags of raked leaves. Put them around the hive to insulate it.

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>>982518
>parasites
>moths
>beetles

2/10

I have a hive living in a hollow in my house.

Anyone have plans for building a Box?

>>982597
you got plans for this mate?


>>982612
>autism

>>982844
Actual story is a farmer on the land killed it a few weeks before to build a fence that passed by it. The bees were also damaging the telephone equipment in the box so they would have been 'removed' anyway. (afaik professional removal services around here don't actually give a fuck and just trash it anyway)

>Love bees
>Think they are cute and play a major in nature
>Absolutely terrified of them
First thing I'll do if I move to the countryside is fighting this fear

i actually find this interesting. I for one know the importance of bees and would love to break into this any pointers on where to start learning? I also have some skill with woodworking so I feel i can build something pretty easily especially looking at pictures and diagrams of hives but is there a certain kind of wood that would be better/healthier for the hive to use?

>>982597
Is that cedar wood? where did you buy that?

>>982605
how long did that take?

>>982912
In many cities, or at least the sprawling metro area around them, you will find local beekeeper groups.

search around. they will be the straight source on how things work around you.

>>982612
>>982614
>>982624
>>982758
It's better than what my friend did when he discovered a beehive he didn't want.

He ran an extension cord out to it, duct taped a shop vac near the entrance and let it run for a week.

>>982597
did you make that? If so some specs would be awesome

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>>982844
each pixel equals 1/8th inch
but as you can maybe see, I had to replace the floor and ceiling with plywood as they warped too much and the seams broke
so my beautiful 3 standard boards with no waste plan didn't work out
note that this kind of hive may not be strictly legal in your area as you can't easily check the comb for various pests/infestations/pathogens

http://beekeep.sakura.ne.jp/
https://www.youtube.com/user/mituro36
http://warre.biobees.com/japan.htm
this is where I discovered and learned about this wonderful handsoff style of traditional japanese beekeeping
just kind of copied what they were doing
you're literally just simulating a hollow tree, their ideal home
and you just let them do their thing the way they know best

>>982919
just cheap home depot shit pine
i'd think they wouldn't like to live in cedar at all actually because of how hardcore and aromatic it is

>>982922
for them to make?
i didn't collect at all last year and they filled the entire thing
like i mentioned, they died halfway through the winter and left me everything they had
i only took a single box though, and left the rest to give the new bees i just installed a head start

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>>982968
i'll just post more old pics i guess

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the concrete base

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>>982968
>>982844
anything else you'd like to see?

>>982597
Looks great, good job!

Fuck bees. Just walked along a field yesterday and some niggerbee flew against my neck and instantly stung me.

>>983050
yeah bees have in built faggot detectors

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>>982503
>90%
Also tell me again the story of how the european honeybee is essential to the ecology of all continents and how beekeepers habits involving purchasing of queens leading to inbreeding have no part in the decline of honeybees.

>>982975
Can you make an entirely concrete hive? Or is it not suitable for/like by bees?

>>983091
bees are incredibly resilient to inbreeding. take a look at the tasmanian introduction of the bumble bee 20 years ago. they're endemic yet descendant from like one bee.

>>983095
Bees in a wild population =! bees under human care.

It's no fault of the honeybee, and entirely the fault of their human caretakers.

It's very similar to purebred dogs.

>>982340
I think it's pretty cool how bugs can do well at making hexagons out of wood.

>>982979
Your big penis, please.

>>982979
wait

how do you get the honey?

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Bees separate honey comb, pollen and brood pretty well on their own, most encourage bees to keep their honey on the outside frame and brood in the middle so your queen keeps laying hatched out, polished open cells once they are vacant and leaves your honey alone.
Bees "cap" honey with wax to store most beekeepers remove honey frames and replace them with open to be filled. The honey frames are usually then put in an extractor after removing the top layer of wax it's spun to whip the honey out.

Also commercial beekeeper/queen breeder for a well known aipearie here if anyone has queen/grafting/nuc questions

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>>983534
you cut off the top box with a wire
break and scrape out the comb
then cut it all open and let it drip out, or squeeze it in like an apple press
you'll then want to put the now empty box on the bottom for them to continue growing into
there is no saving the comb for them to reuse in this style of hive
watch the videos and read the links posted >>982970

>>982340
Round here its 5 degrees Celsius, windy and everything is in blossom. What is this shit!?
I planned on getting a swarm or two this year and restarting beekeeping.

>>983572
On a how it's made, I saw them put the hive box in an apparatus that spun it fast enough to get the honey to fly out and stick to an exterior cylinder where it could run down and collect. It clamshelled open to access the spinner.

Seemed breddy cool. I think they preferred it because it was good separating the honey from the wax so it was easier to collect the wax.

Kind of pain in the ass to clean the clamshell collecter though I guess, and it might not be worth it for smaller volumes.

>>983578
that is for langstroth hives with removable frames
they don't appeal to me for a number of reasons
these japanese hives are literally just simulating a hollow tree
which i think is neat

>>982503
>>982446
>>982355

Bees are invasive fucking assholes that attack anything that moves. Other insects will still pollinate plants in the absence of bees and honey is not worth having those pieces of shit around, we can live without it.

Have a read:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africanized_bee#Defensiveness

>>983592
nigger bees dont count

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>>983578
this seems to me a more efficient way than squeezing it by hand, but perhaps i'm wrong. the way to retire the honey seems also simpler and less invasive since you just retire the amount of wax supporters (pic related, dont know the name in english) you wish depending on how much honey they made each season. you can also go have a look inside the hive at any point without much trouble, which seems more difficult the japanese way

would you care to elaborate in the pros and cons of each method?

That's a really crappy frame.
The bottom should be filled with comb too, I throw frames like this away.
Gloves and a frame holder, this dude must be afraid of bees.

How does one go about aquiring a hive? Do people generally search out a wild hive and then move it or are there other methods?

>>982971
Nice jig set up.
>>982975
Also quite nice.

OP, this is up on a rooftop? Are you in the city? Is there any concern for fertilized/pesticized flowers?

>>983592

>africanized bee link

Regular bees are docile as fuck dude.

Just don't fuck with them.

Wasps/hornets better fit your description.

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Does anyone here use a flow hive?

>>983987
Wanted one, are they worth it?

>>984615
>>983987
It's meme technology.
Just a novelty, for fun not for production or evne hobby. More like a colectable.

>>983987
>>984757
word

if you have too much money and want a funny gimmick, go ahead and get one
for serious beekeeping, it's pretty much useless

>>982340

I live in a sort of suburb but I'm really looking to get some bees either this year or the next. My neighbours have a good amount of gardens and most have flowers, and I personally think bees would be pretty good for everyone around, plus I want to help bees in general.

Is there anywhere that'll show me how to build my own stuff? I know basic woodworking and I'd rather build my own stuff instead of even buying it second hand, and from talking to a beekeeper a year or so ago the stuff looks pretty simple enough.

>>982348
Useless?

Bee's are fucking bros. They're like ants mixed with cows (insert other domesticated animals): honey is awesome as is wax not to mention they fuck flowers so you don't have to.

What's the easiest, cheapest way of getting into beekeeping, in a Dutch suburban-ish area?

>>984817
I found cutting decisions on the "for dummies" website.

>>985396
dimensions*

>>983564
I was actually just researching this today.

How do you get the new queens mated? It seemed like you just slapped them in a pretty small hive with a handful of worker bees. The queens then fly out, get mated, and come back to the small hive?

How can I attract solitary bees without getting wasps?

1. How do I into beekeeping?
2. What if we genetically modified bees without stingers?
3. Do bees get along with cats?

>>985588
>1. How do I into beekeeping?
1. Get/make hive
2. Get/catch bees
3. ???
4. Hone... PROFIT!

>2. What if we genetically modified bees without stingers?
Too late, nature already did that.

>3. Do bees get along with cats?
I have couple of hives standing near my house (like not even 1 meter from the wall). My dog (yorshire terrier) and cat often run around them, never got stung. If your pet isn't hostile towards bees or their hive, they just won't care.

>>985399
They do it on their own about a week after they hatch.
The queens fly to "drone congregation areas" mate and fly back. Then we go through the small hives "nucs" and catch the queens, put them in cages and sell them to groms beekeepers like you! :)

>>983093
Still wondering, is there a limit to what surfaces bees will attach hives to (assuming other conditions eg temperature are correct)?

>>985961
>>983093
Concrete has a terrible insulation value.
I really doubt they would want to, but yes, they could prolly attach comb to it.

>>985778

So you just let virgin queens do their thing for a week or so before moving them to the small hive?

Beekeeping newfag here: I keep hearing that I need to have a certain amount of space between the edge of the frame and the hive wall/floor for Mrs. Bee to move around in, or she'll glue everything together. What amount of space is the right amount, and why?

And if that's the case, why do people recommend putting 7 frames in an 8 frame hive so you'll get better ventilation and fatter comb...? Does the space between the frames *not* matter so much?

So like...how does one do beekeeping with neighbors / kids around?

>>986013
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>>986018
What do you people think bees are?...
As long as you don't go over and start like, kicking and tearing apart their hive, they don't give a fuck about you.

>>986021
Ha

Everyone I know is like
>ah fuck bees
>points to yellow jackets

Dude those are wasps man.

>>986021
>>986034
yeah, i walk around my bees without any problems whatsoever.
But two weeks ago, at the office (where i work part time) a bumblebee came in, and those female (and one male...) workers... my god, the screams....

>>986021
The key is you have to pee on the hive entrance to assert dominance and get them used to your smell, then you can live among them freely.

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Lol. Some of the comments here is like reading Calvin & Hobbes.

>>982340

How much wax could a person get with a hive? Just interesting in keeping some myself but it wont be tones.

>>982590

Usually its layered and there are small holes so the worker bees but not the queen can get in the top portion.

Then you just take the top and leave them the rest.

>>982492

The bees can regulate temperature in a hive. In fact most of the year its too hot and the bees work together pointing their tail at the exit and flapping their wings to keep a breeze going.

Outside of that you could lose them to terrible weather and there are ways to insulate the hives. Leaves in bags like someone said or even wraps that are pretty much a coat for the hive. They generate their own heat you just insulate the thing.

Gassing bees has to be the most satisfying thing ever

>>986042
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2gRuIE_sjo

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I have been raising wasps as of late. Not intentionally, they just seem to love something in my bushes. I think they're using it for nest building material because their nests aren't in them.

Pic related is of course how I feel about it, I can't wait for someone to take drone tech and turn it into a wasp nest hunting business.

>>986528
my guess is they're ground wasps living under the bush
try and confirm
find the entrance
wait until they're all home at night
and dump a bottle of everclear down that shit

>>986532
They look red, are red wasps in ohio ground wasps or paper wasps?

>>983859
> not knowing that Africanized bees make a shitload more honey and pollinate way more plants.

All bees are assholes, I used to have a beehive in the tree near my house. One of those fuckers snuck in an open window and stung me while I was shitposting on /g/. Wasps, Bees, Hornets should all be gassed/poisoned into extinction.

>>986532
>Waste booze on wasps
Fuck that, drink the booze, pour aluminum down that fucking hole.

Also, I was thinking about buying/building a top bar hive like these as a new beekeeper. Will the bees naturally just keep all the honey in one section or will there be layers to each comb?

http://www.beethinking.com/collections/top-bar-hives

>>986655
Get a langstroth 10 frame.
Learn how to beekeeper then consider a more technical hive.

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Would knocking over the bee hives cause any lasting damage to the colony? Reason I'm asking is that I remember I once knocked down rows of beehives that some guy had in his backyard with my friends. I feel pretty bad about it. Did I fuck his shit up, or doesn't it really matter?

>>986687
I really don't want to use a lanstroth hive, would a Warre hive be better? I like the look of them, they let the bees do their thing pretty naturally and they are fairly similar to a lanstroth.

>>982355
>have a book

I will, thank you. This is really cool.

>>986736
If the guy found it right away and put the hive back together, no, probably not.

Kids do that shit all the time, because the little retards don't know the difference between a bee and a wasp and they think you're evil for raising bees.

The neighbor kids kicked on of my hives over once, so i stole all their bikes

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>>987153
>The neighbor kids kicked on of my hives over once, so i stole all their bikes

>>987153
Did you display em to rub salt in the wound ?

>>987120
>http://a.pomf.se/gheetd.pdf

What book is it? My browser won't open the link for some reason.

>>987243
https://web.archive.org/web/20150611051307/http://a.pomf.se/gheetd.pdf
this work?
Honeybee Democracy
you really only need to read like, the first 2 and last chapter
the rest is super cool, but mostly just details about the studies they did

If i have paper wasps, is it crucial to kill them before growing bees? They dont really do anything. How do i get rid of them? Flyspray at night right?

>>987245
Thanks! This link works. I was actually already interested in reading this so this is great.

Can I start beekeeping at any time of the year?

>>987316
Well.. Everything is possible..
For beginers it's most viable to start around en dof summer, when bee packets are available.
It's cheapest and pretty easy way to start.
Although it's good if yu prepare during winter and spring, like gathering equipment and knowledge.

>>986572

>I got stung this one time a cried like a bitch so fuck bees

Sounds like the bee knew what a miserable fuck lived next door.

>>986572

>all bees are assholes

That's why I haven't gotten stung since childhood, and that was because I stepped on it barefoot.

I've even held them on plenty of occasions.

You need to get over your phobia.

Bees aren't out to get you, kid.

>>987553
Everyone in this thread should read the first couple chapters of this book. It's a really good insight into honeybee colonies as superorganisms.

Bee packages are available right now.
Www.mannlake.com

>>987553
>Bees aren't out to get you, kid.
Much more than spiders are and for whatever reason it is common to fear spiders and assume that they're just waiting a chance to murder you.

>>982663
ive had one of those faggot flies bite me while i was holding onto the edge of a boat and coulding hit it away.

piece of shit hurt! at least bees look beautiful so i dont mind the stinging. these shit eaters are disgusting and i just want to smack them with a bat

>>987567
assume you meant to link >>987245 or >>982355
the conclusion chapters are nice too

If I put out a deep 10 frame hive body filled with foundationless frames painted with beeswax, would I stand a chance to catch a swarm? I'd doctor up the entrance with lemongrass oil. I might be able to get an old frame of brood comb from a local beekeeper to make it more inciting.

I priced all that stuff out and it's super cheap, I dont know about the foundationless frames though.

>>987820
if you have nothing in the frames, i highly doubt they will lay the comb in any way you'd like
they'll glue erything together in a big useless block

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Newfag beekeeper here, got into beekeeping to relocate a number of established hives at work as we couldn't find anyone to do it - so i'm doing a lot of work with cut-outs around the district, and currently attempting my first trap-out. stung 19 times last month and loving every bit of this hobby

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>>987937

do you gas your bees?

What are some beginner mistakes to watch out for? How do I avoid killing several packs of bees until I know what I'm doing?

>>988100
Read books/PDFs.
it's easy to kill your bees during winter if you:
- insulate hive too well -> too hot, they don't _sleep_ good enough and queen might lay eggs during winter, which is bad and they die or are weak in spring
- don't give them enough ventilation -> fungi can spread inside the hive
- don't let them gather enough honey/sugar syrup for winter -. they die during winter of lack of food

Also you might crush your queen if you're not carefull or let her fall outside your hive.

Plus many bee diseases:
- small bee hive
- varroa destructor
- nosema
- pesticides

>>988107
Thanks

>>988100
Read as much as you can - check the forums but remember that in a forum of 10 beekeepers, you'll get 13 different answers. I'm in Australia so I don't need to worry about Varroa Destructor, and we don't get snow in my area during winter so that helps too. You won't get any honey in your first year as the bees will use that time to become established

>>982446
>wasps
>useless
Fuck off with this meme, faggot.

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>>982446

I had a hive swarm on me (had checked earlier and they didn't look like they would this year) and they're 40 feet up a tree. How fucked am I/they? Is there somewhere I can easily get a 40' pole saw to get them down?

>>988100
I'd advise joining a local club so you have somewhere to turn for advice. Shit happens in beekeeping, there's a lot to know.

>>988538
might be too late, but you could set up an ideal home for them that they would hopefully find and move into on their own
or over the next week you could just sit and watch them and follow them when they leave

I always lure swarms by using old beehives ( must been used) using old used frames the swarm will get intrested and start a colony i have used this system for 2years now and it always bring in a swarm ( from your own or others) and you dont have too climb a tree ...

>>986572
Fuck you and your shitty attitude. I got stung by 20 at the age of 2 because I thought they were flies and ran into a swarm stinging two other toddlers. This may make me fear them and have aversion to being around them, but so long as they leave my ass alone I have no quarrel with them and see their necessity. Even the giant hornet of Japan has a place in the environs it resides.

>>988539
Thanks. We got them.

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>>991132
do tell
what'd you end up doing?

>>982518
>the vast majority of polination is done by
Don't forget mosquitos.
One of the main reasons why we can't just eliminate them from the face of the earth to stop the spread of so many diseases (mosquitos have been, indirectly, the cause of death of half of all human beings that have ever lived, ever.).

Godspeed beebros.

>>982355
Man, only once? Are your bees Buckfast or another kind of less agressive bee? I'm only doing this for four years and got stung countless times, but Iberic bees are more agressive.

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>>991407

Butterfly's, humming birds, swifts, ants, various beetles.

I am not sure which beetle but to pollinate a passion fruit you need a fuck huge beetle as a resident.

I am not sure of the clinical terms but you can see how far up the stamen and stigma are away from the base of the petals where the nectar is found

Can fellow BritBongs suggest where I can put a hive? I have no garden and everyone I've asked said no.

>>991460
you can put bees on a balcony or rooftop
or you contact your local beekeepers club and ask them for a place

>>991461
>or you contact your local beekeepers club and ask them for a place
Balls, didn't think of that. Thanks.

>>990272
Jesuchristo, that sounds horrifying.

>>991461
>your local beekeepers club
lmao I can already envisage the sorts of fights that would break out between various autistic owners, with bees going spastic stinging all involved

>>991748
it's more like a bunch of 60+ guys, with too much time that all want to take you to their bees and tell you all they know about it (wich is A LOT), because there are so few young people who want to take up beekeeping.
You'll be able to make MANY old friends ;)

>>991819
Can confirm, young commercial beekeeper here. It's all old fucks, particularly pollination services...they sure love amitraz too.

>need to cut grass in backyard
>neighbor has a bumblebee swarm or nest on his deck
>scout always monitors me whenever I step outside

What do I do /out/? I am absolutely terrified of bees. I hoped fences to get out of there. Ended up locked out the house.

>>991846
Bumblebees don't swarm. They live in hole in wood or the dirt and will universally leave you alone unless you physically touch them. Leave them alone and stop being a puss.

>>991911
>and will universally leave you alone unless you physically touch them
But they're so fuzzy wuzzy...

>>991149
threw a rope over the branch, put a tarp underneath with a nuc box in the center, shook the branch a bunch of times.

What are some good ways to install a webcam in a bee nesting box? I was thinking either a pinhole cam used for bird boxes or something else that can focus close. Right now it seems all you'd see is rows of frames or maybe a small gap that's going to get glued up with wax and propolis.

>>990272
When I was 7 I had the genius idea of kicking a yellow jacket nest and had 49 of them hanging on me and stinging me by the time I made it inside. I still like bees though.

I want to build a Langstroth hive using only hand tools. Has anybody done it? I can't find much online about it.

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>>994151
>find instructions on how to build a hive with normal tools
>channel the amish
>substitute handtools for powertools

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>>982340
have u ever attempted to eat the honey combs? you'd think they'd me sweet and crunchy.

>>994176
it's not crunchy, it's chewy
and after you suck out all the honey, you just have a mouth full of bits of wax
tasty, but it's not all that pleasant

>>994180
You don't suck out the honey, you eat the whole thing like an chocolate bar.

>>994209
yes, and once you chew it a few times you have a mouth full of honey and bits of wax
you can swallow the wax if you want, it won't hurt you,
but it is nothing like eating a chocolate bar

>>987937

FUCK. ARE YOU CODY'SLAB ON YOUTUBE? YES OR NO. ONE OF HIS VIDEOS GOT RECOMMENDED TO ME SO I DECIDED TO WATCH IT AND THEN I SAW HE HAD A BEEKEEPING ONE AND THE TIMELINE FITS BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO.

YES OR NO.

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>>994483

There are bees living in the walls of my house. They've been there for a year. When I opened the wall, I could see that last year's comb had collapsed, so they are rebuilding on the ceiling again. The honey I stole was delicious.

>>984768
Why is it useless? Serious question.

>>994594
Dude they are like a built in honey makin heater brah! Stay the course!