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Old 04-17-2008, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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We got our bees today

Yoo Hoo!

They are moving into their hives this afternoon.

I had to order them last November [prices go up every year, ouch].

I got a call from the post office at 5am this morning to come pick them up.

Two 'Italian' colonies with approx 5,000 bees each plus one queen.
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Old 04-17-2008, 01:32 PM
 
Location: Corinth, ME
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I guess things will be buzzing around your place now! I am glad they arrived and hope they live long and prosper in their new homes.
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Old 04-17-2008, 01:47 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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When I got home with our new livestock, Duchess ran up to me, drooling and jumping ever so excited to see who I had brought home.

When I brought out the bee containers, she saw thousands of bees through a piece of window screen and heard their buzzing. And she ran away.

I can not think of any other animal that she runs away from.
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Old 04-17-2008, 02:13 PM
 
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When I got home with our new livestock, Duchess ran up to me, drooling and jumping ever so excited to see who I had brought home.

When I brought out the bee containers, she saw thousands of bees through a piece of window screen and heard their buzzing. And she ran away.

I can not think of any other animal that she runs away from.
I'd run too!!!
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Old 04-17-2008, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Corinth, ME
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When I got home with our new livestock, Duchess ran up to me, drooling and jumping ever so excited to see who I had brought home.

When I brought out the bee containers, she saw thousands of bees through a piece of window screen and heard their buzzing. And she ran away.

I can not think of any other animal that she runs away from.
not even the skunks, unfortunately...
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Old 04-17-2008, 03:06 PM
 
Location: South Portland, Maine
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Thats way cool. Do you use them for Honey?

How did you decide which ones to buy?
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Old 04-17-2008, 03:13 PM
 
Location: Teton Valley Idaho
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Forest what is different about these bees than the others that you tried? other than their accent that is.....



I'm so sorry, I tried to resist, but bad humor will almost *always* get the best of me!!
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Old 04-17-2008, 03:51 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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I'd run too!!!
These are fairly docile.

Today as I handled each colony, I lifted out the queen and placed her into the hive, then up-ended the shipping container and dumped out the colony. Shaking it and jerking it to loosen the bees' grip inside to fall out onto the open hive. They are very much focused on being with their queen, and even with that handling, they made no aggressive moves toward me.

They just want to be with their queen, free her from her little sugar-candy cage. and begin settling into their hive.

When a colony is in such a shipping container. Each side is like 6" by 8" of window screen. If their hive is not yet ready for them, then you get to feed them sugar syrup. A paint brush dipped in syrup and brushed on the screen is all it takes. You can see thousands of little tongues lapping through the window screen, sucking up that syrup.

It is really neat to watch.

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Old 04-17-2008, 03:52 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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not even the skunks, unfortunately...
She normally finds friends everywhere.
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Old 04-17-2008, 04:11 PM
 
Location: Virginia (soon Ellsworth)
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forest, are thire such things, cold/warm climate bees. how bees get thire food in the winter.
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