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because they have bees in their bonnets?

seriously, this is the real reason drones are pushed out of the hive in winter. Too much complaining! :p

vehicle registration is something like $80-100 in Connecticut for 2 years
gas is ridiculous... 3.65 is as cheap as it gets in my part of the state

boat launch is free for my kayak in most...

I have to agree with Mike Gillmore's suggestions. I also carry a good solid knife in my 'bee bucket', it comes in handy!

American Science and Surplus has some cute glass and plastic containers too... I've used them for gifts (not honey, mostly 'skilttles vodka' and cherry version of limoncello.. what can I say I know...

okay.. I guess as long as the suit doesnt look like this

http://s6.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/0D4D2BDB.jpg

it should be okay :lpf:

I kind of like the pink tbh..

Mike .. I'll keep an eye out for those boots for you ;)

these are REALLY cute, but Im not too sure about the colors

wouldn't the bees just mistake you for a giant source of pollen?? :eek:

http://blueskybeesupply.com/cgi-bin/image/templates/BB1-2.jpg...

oh no, I hope you're okay :(

sounds painful.

Did you smoke the bees? Are you in an area where you may enounter africanized bees?

are there any old timey beeks that may be able to help you...

LOL no Oscar's been 'singing soprano' since he was eight weeks old :p

LOL

seriously, though.. are my frames and foundation FUBAR or can I just use it?

like I said, they werent chewed up or anything... :s

A new cat will be a problem. My 19 year old will be devastated, he's my #1 son

I can't do that to him.

I have an empty hive (didnt use it this year) and it seems some mice have moved in. They were unceremoniously evicted, the frames are new so they didn't chew them up or anything and I sealed the...

I have yet to get honey (I'm a vegan beekeeper,but not on purpose) so I gave my outyard owners garlic

I grow waaaay too much garlic

Here's a quote by Douglas W. Dingman, a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station experiment station microbiologist, from the below source :

Dingman said that about 10 percent of the...

I looked there. there was no information about preventatives for American Foulbrood, unless there's a specific thread that you've seen that I can't find...??

:o

Connecticut scientists say nearly half the state's 2,600 registered beehives are infected with bacteria that cause a disease that kills honeybee larvae. Entomologists and microbiologists at the...

peanut allergies are far more common than anaphylactic reaction to bee stings. I tell people this ALL THE TIME when they freak out about bees.

basically I tell them they're not that special
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okay.. THAT was funny..!!! :applause:

I was talking about this with someone last night. .. sure it's a higher price, but do plastic/styro hive bodies last longer than woodenware? I know Swienty sells styro hives in Europe, do they last...

i've never noticed a difference. I think the weather and if I washed my hair with a flowery shampoo makes far more of a difference than hormonal changes, but that's just me.

FWIW - I try not to...

I asked around, and someone (on another board) said it looks like a TBH with frames, which looks about right.

The fellow found a link with the hive in action... if you want to take a look

from...

I thought pennies made after 1982 are mostly zinc...???

hee hee... one of my hives IS pink (the namesake of Joanna the Mad of England)

A friend of mine (who keeps chickens) sent me this link, it's a beehive being offered by Omlet, the makers of the Eglu chicken house

Omlet Beehaus (UK)

it's really cute and all (VERY fancy!)...

I've got two hives that went queenless earlier this year. Luckily, both requeened on their own and there are signs of life and activity.

Only problem.. the lower hive bodies are pretty empty. All...