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of the sweetest I have EVER tasted!

Regards,

Nik

I live in a suburban area and I have a swarm that has set up housekeeping
in an low hanging area of my roof. They are apparently very
domesticated, they are not overagressive, I can stand within 3 feet of
where they are entering and exiting, and they will ignore me.

Of course I don't want them on my property. I called a couple of
beekeepers and they said they would be glad to come and kill them -- for
$250. I told them I can do that for free. I'm trying to be
environmentally friendly on this I know that bees pollinate, etc, etc and
don't really want to kill them.

But what else can I do? Killing them out may be my only option since I'm
a good 15 miles from really open country. If I drive them off, they'll
just take up residence in somebody else's home.

Hello,

I've noticed something. You are all aware of the Africanized Bees/
Killer Bees. Most of these queens and hives only come from a few
select breeding projects. Genetic Diversity, has always helped the
human race, and we avoid inbreeding. But, climatization could be an
overwhelming factor. Has anyone produced a statistical map of
America, to compare climate/environmental factors to these bred bees.

My experience with fire ants, although not bees, is that when they
don't bite, people don't buy pesticides and kill them. But, if the
ants are willing to walk 20 feet to 10 yards away from the nest bite...

I heard on the CBC not long ago that bee colonies throughout North
America were collapsing inexplicably. More recently, I read in the
newspaper about Varroa Destructor, which Wikipedia indicates was known
throughout the world for quite some time. Why would it be a mystery
in North America not too long ago?

As well, the article said that the mother varroa enters the brood cell
and lays one male and upto 5 females. The male then mates with his
sisters. Isn't this inbreeding of the most intense kind? Why haven't
they inbred themselves into dysfunctionality and unsurvivability by
now?

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Due to work, school, etc. I was unable to extract two supers of honey
last fall. I just checked on them and the honey looks partly
crystalized, and it looks like some has seeped out. The honey didn't
have the best taste, though I don't think it was actually bad--just
the flower source used by the bees to make it.
What should I do with these two supers? I have one hive, and it is
doing well. If I sat them on top of the hive would they "recycle" it,
or just treat it like filled supers and want more space above? I'm
still pretty inexperienced, so any help would be appreciated.

Rick
in the Ozarks

Perhaps the NWPBA group and a few others should check this one out.

Bee CCD not a problem for our robust little Olalla Bumble Bees.

- Brad Guth Brad_Guth Brad.Guth BradGuth

Hail,
Don't know if this is the right place to ask any of this stuff, and
thanks in advance for any responses I get.

I am writing a novel, set in Anglo-Saxon Britain, and a swarm of bees
turn up.

How safe is a swarm of bees? Could someone who had minimal experience
but a whole lot of luck handle them safely?

My memeory (very rusty) of this is that the sound is quite loud. Is
it the same pitch as bees normally make, or is it noticably lower? Is
there a definite smell - something that a lay person would describe as
a smell of honey?

How difficult is it to get a swarm of bees that has just settled on a
branch of a tree to move from one place to another?

And I have seen footage of people with bee beards - has anyone here
got any experience of these, or know where I could find out? What
does this kind of thing feel like?

Thanks very much in advance.

I had two colonies, one died out last winter and I put the spare brood box
on the full brood box to allow the good colony to grow, with a queen
excluder and a couple of supers on top.

Had a look today and alas, the top super is full of brood. I didn't look any
further. either the queen has got through the excluder, or the supers are
full of brood and the brood boxes are used for stores.

I'm assuming in a week or so I can separate the two hives, a brood box and a
super on each and the one without the queen will make a new one. Is this a
reasonable assumption?

Thanks