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New beekeeping with AZDuffman
| May 19th, 2019 at 9:06:11 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 | SWARM! Go outside to do something else and holy cow, what activity! No pics, and if I had them they would not have come out good. Around 10:00 daily activity goes way up, way way up. Today, BOOM! A ton flying around the hive and a ton over the neighbor's yard. Later I saw what I thought to be a swarm in a tree. Swarms last just a short time. This is all kinds of news. First, after 4 years on this project I finally appear to have a healthy hive! A weak hive will not swarm. Next, I have to learn to do a split. Had I been able to do a split this time I would have 2 hives. Bad news is I lost a free hive. Good news is everything else should be in order and hope to get some honey this year! Better news is the neighbors nor the cops came over about it. Lesson learned is May 5-10 is the target for a split next year. Last year I gave up looking in they were so weak, but this is the one that made it. This week I will look in too see the aftermath, if any. As usual, benign neglect worked. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| May 19th, 2019 at 12:16:01 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22933 | Back in bzzzzness. I thought your honey bee project had gone to ancient ruins by now. *honey bee time scale. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| May 20th, 2019 at 3:50:44 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6374 | good news! I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| May 20th, 2019 at 9:00:46 AM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | I guess it is important to have a vacant new home available to them just in case they think its time to swarm . Glad about the no cops, no irate neighbors. |
| May 20th, 2019 at 11:11:04 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 |
Ideally you do a "split" and move half the bees to a new box in spring. Next year I gotta do better there.
You have no idea, one neighbor IS the cops. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| May 24th, 2019 at 8:33:02 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 | No, I am not doing this one! War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| May 26th, 2019 at 9:54:59 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 |
That is.... AWESOME! |
| July 9th, 2019 at 2:50:59 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22933 | If lack of supply increases prices, then beekeeping could become more and more profitable. IF you can keep them alive. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/rapid-decline-in-honey-bee-population-unsustainable-experts-say/ar-AAE4yhQ?ocid=spartanntp "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| July 9th, 2019 at 3:35:20 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 |
Question is will people pay for local product? Talking at least twice as much as your local grocery, which as we have discussed is not real deal. In other news, I put a honey super on if a bit early. Hoping it motivates honey production. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |
| August 9th, 2019 at 3:07:33 AM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195 | I totally love this. Not so sure how many can make a total full time income as you are talking 100 hives or more based on their own numbers. But think if this could be done across Appalachia. Across central PA. Put people to work and get rid of that crap honey from China! War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength |