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found a massive bee hive
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so I found a massive beehive in a 50 gallon barrel that was in an old junk pile. The thing was FULL of honey comb (and bees). I have spent the past few days hand squeezing the honey from the combs. Its a pain in the ass but this honey is pretty fuckin good. I am reading about making 'mead' (honeywine) and it seems pretty interesting. Anyways just thought I would share, cause that shit is fuckin crazy..





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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: trampis]
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cool


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: psylox]
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how are you getting past the bees?

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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: Cosmic Trigger]
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check this out
hives are cool because when it gets cold come bee's/winged insects can get inside the hive during the cold months and live
then come spring time they will know when it's cool to come out
hives are the shit but the only draw back is you have to share it with others

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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: Cosmic Trigger]
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I wrapped a chain around the barrel and drug it off into a field with the tractor. It was a cold day so not all the bees could fly very well. The ones that could swarmed a little and then flew off. I threw water on the hive to keep the remaining bees from flying at me. Then I put the combs in tubs I could find. As they warmed up the bees started getting their abilities back, so I had to clear out a space in the deep freeze to put the tubs and freeze em. This thing was practically in our backyard and those bees were pretty aggressive. Last year I was mowing and hit a giant ant bed that killed the mower. Fortunately for me it did, because after I got off the mower I realized the bees were swarming around pretty pissed off. One day I was walking and out of nowhere a bee stung me in the ear. That shit hurt, then it itched real bad. I got respect for all forms of life and stuff, but if its between me and the bees..

:minigun:

Anyways, people that harvest honey have the bees build their combs in frames that are later put in a machine that spins the frames around, making the honey drip out. Can't do that with a wild hive so I am having to do it all by hand. There are still a lot of bees in the combs that I have to scrap off before I hand squeeze. I am also going to make bees wax out of the leftover comb. I may have destroyed their home but I am not going to let it go to waste.

:strokebeard:


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: trampis]
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you just killed about 70.000 bees, have you read up on colony collapse
disorder yet? the honeybees are vanishing, about 60% of the bees in the US 
are gone... get a water resistant box, put the remaining comb in it and
see if they'll make use of it, if so, you've got the start of a hive


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: trampis]
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trampis said:
Anyways, people that harvest honey have the bees build their combs in frames that are later put in a machine that spins the frames around, making the honey drip out. Can't do that with a wild hive so I am having to do it all by hand.



top bar haves, cut comb honey... you've wasted something that can be very
profitable in several ways, hive rental, honey sales, etc... no really
expensive equipment....


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: z_x_x_z]
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dr_gonz said:
fuck dude. that's depressing. :frown:



no shit... I'd have paid him for the bees


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. [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: z_x_x_z]
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do your reading and be prepared to part with about $300 to start unless
you have tools to work with wood

some things you wont need, a smoker or a bee suit, I've worked mine in
shorts, it only becomes a problem if there's a drought or other source
of dearth (shortage of nectar)


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: z_x_x_z]
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I know that all sounds kinda bad, but there are a lot of fucking bees here. I know where there is another hive and suspect that they are trying to move into our attic as well. I have seen them going in and out of the roof. I know bees have a great purpose (I garden and bees help a lot with pollinating) but personally I don't want them so close to my house. So if you really want some bees PM me and we'll figure sumthin out.


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: trampis]
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if you dont want the bees around that's fine, you can have someone remove
them for free and while you think there's a lot of bees there isnt, the
feral colonies are all but destroyed due to the varroa mites and the hived
colonies for commercial pollination are on their way down due to several
factors like CCD, Varroa, Tracheal mites and a few diseases

as I've already stated, I'd have bought the bees, I'd have even told you
how to capture them, package and ship them


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Please do..


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: z_x_x_z]
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The fact that %60 of the bees being gone are not because people are destroying nests on their property. Bees can be dangerous in this situation and he is not doing anything wrong... I too feel bad for the bee situation in the US, but I see nothing wrong with what he did.


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Prisoner#1 said:
you just killed about 70.000 bees, have you read up on colony collapse
disorder yet? the honeybees are vanishing, about 60% of the bees in the US 
are gone... get a water resistant box, put the remaining comb in it and
see if they'll make use of it, if so, you've got the start of a hive


Colony collapse disorder is kinda like Global Warming. Bullshit bullshit bullshit.


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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: z_x_x_z]
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dr_gonz said:
http://www.beekeepingstarterkit.com/beehiveparts

what are the bare minimal pieces?



1 langstroth hive with one large brood box and a couple of small or
medium honey supers, a telescoping cover and inner cover, a bottom board
and 30 frames (no foundation)

or one top bar have about 4 feet long, a few dozen short pieces of wood to span the hive body

complete hives (the NUC is a viable starter option but will need to expand quickly)
http://www.mannlakeltd.com/ListProduct.asp?idCategory=20

a fancy little kit (not a bad deal)
http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/English-Garden-Hive-Kit/productinfo/252/

and a top bar hive is easy to build, all you need is what's pictured
and some tin or something to cover the top, build to what ever
dimensions you want




good site for info
http://www.bushfarms.com/bees.htm


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. [Re: Prisoner#1]
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Re: found a massive bee hive [Re: z_x_x_z]
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bees make honey for themselves...

just saying :shrug:


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