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Your mowing your yard and you stop your garden tractor frequently because your new honey bees are working the dandelions.
You know you're a new beekeeper when....
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We had weeds that were over 2 ft tall all over the front lawn. Dandelions, lamium purpureum, creeping charlie, etc. -- they've all been going nuts. Finally, I let my husband mow yesterday because they were getting out of hand -- that's the first mow since last fall!
We had weeds that were over 2 ft tall all over the front lawn. Dandelions, lamium purpureum, creeping charlie, etc. -- they've all been going nuts. Finally, I let my husband mow yesterday because they were getting out of hand -- that's the first mow since last fall!
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LOL tom i was working and thought i saw some hives so i stopped the truck and was creeping thru some bushes to see if they where hives someone called the cops and they came and asked what was i doing, so i told them admiring the bee hives the cops face was epic. o btw they were hive
LOL tom i was working and thought i saw some hives so i stopped the truck and was creeping thru some bushes to see if they where hives someone called the cops and they came and asked what was i doing, so i told them admiring the bee hives the cops face was epic. o btw they were hive
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Did you give it time for the seed to mature. Think next year!
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I see hives at a distance only to find that they are old grave yards.
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Finding hives and having the Cops show up reminds of a true story too.
An elderly neighbor who was blind and deaf kept bees, Houndreds of Hives.
I saw his house for sale so I went to check on him.
No one home, so I called the realtor, they imformed me that he had died and the grand daughter was the owner. I told them there was a live beehive by the garage. They told me to take it.
I also called the GD and got permission to take anything I could use. The garage was wall to wall equipment.
Long story short. On my third trip with the truck loaded, the neighbor shows up all Hot under the collar (graud bee).
He told me I was stealing and to unload the truck and get the &*^%_^*@%#&$*@)@0 out of there.
Moral of story, get it in wrighting.
Finding hives and having the Cops show up reminds of a true story too.
An elderly neighbor who was blind and deaf kept bees, Houndreds of Hives.
I saw his house for sale so I went to check on him.
No one home, so I called the realtor, they imformed me that he had died and the grand daughter was the owner. I told them there was a live beehive by the garage. They told me to take it.
I also called the GD and got permission to take anything I could use. The garage was wall to wall equipment.
Long story short. On my third trip with the truck loaded, the neighbor shows up all Hot under the collar (graud bee).
He told me I was stealing and to unload the truck and get the &*^%_^*@%#&$*@)@0 out of there.
Moral of story, get it in wrighting.
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Too funny, my yard is filled with dandelions, I always try to delay the Chief Mower, altho I have to admit it is getting pretty shabby looking... But I noticed today a lot of the dandelions are turning to seed! Boo hoo.
Too funny, my yard is filled with dandelions, I always try to delay the Chief Mower, altho I have to admit it is getting pretty shabby looking... But I noticed today a lot of the dandelions are turning to seed! Boo hoo.
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Almost thirty years ago I seeded Dutch White clover in the lawn. A few years ago, when I got bees, I felt bad mowing all the white clover flowers off, but then noticed that it caused the clover to make fresh new blooms. I think the same thing happens with dandelions (which I also have a lot of).
Almost thirty years ago I seeded Dutch White clover in the lawn. A few years ago, when I got bees, I felt bad mowing all the white clover flowers off, but then noticed that it caused the clover to make fresh new blooms. I think the same thing happens with dandelions (which I also have a lot of).
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I have a big patch of alfalfa out front, along side the drive, and clover and alfalfa patches around the property, all courtesy of my bees. My wife thinks it looks a little too "rustic" when it gets up around 3' in full bloom (a beautiful purple). She won't take me up on my offer to start the mower for her, so the bees get it til after the bloom. Some years I get three cuttings - haha. If I had a horse... (I could feed it for free a few days a year.) I have saved seed.
I have a big patch of alfalfa out front, along side the drive, and clover and alfalfa patches around the property, all courtesy of my bees. My wife thinks it looks a little too "rustic" when it gets up around 3' in full bloom (a beautiful purple). She won't take me up on my offer to start the mower for her, so the bees get it til after the bloom. Some years I get three cuttings - haha. If I had a horse... (I could feed it for free a few days a year.) I have saved seed.
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"You know your a new beekeeper when...."
You start up your smoker when you're not checking on your bees.
"You know your a new beekeeper when...."
You start up your smoker when you're not checking on your bees.
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I sometimes see the back of an automobile covered up with bee stickers. It makes me think they are bee addicts.
I sometimes see the back of an automobile covered up with bee stickers. It makes me think they are bee addicts.
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Yes, we are letting our lawn die on purpose and replacing with plugs of native ground cover that the bees love. Also, filling in our landscape with natives for our bees and the butterflies or edibles for us. A few non-invasive exotics for all of us. Any plants that goes in has to meet our new standards..... And, we love our weeds, now. BTW, my hubby is a landscaper/designer and he hates grass lawns! :lpf:
Yes, we are letting our lawn die on purpose and replacing with plugs of native ground cover that the bees love. Also, filling in our landscape with natives for our bees and the butterflies or edibles for us. A few non-invasive exotics for all of us. Any plants that goes in has to meet our new standards..... And, we love our weeds, now.
BTW, my hubby is a landscaper/designer and he hates grass lawns! :lpf:
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Don't mow till the Dandelions are through blooming. http://www.honeybeesuite.com/the-dandelions-of-spring/
Don't mow till the Dandelions are through blooming. http://www.honeybeesuite.com/the-dandelions-of-spring/
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My bees' pollen pockets are so stuffed with golden yellow from the dandelions that I think they are going to burst.
My bees' pollen pockets are so stuffed with golden yellow from the dandelions that I think they are going to burst.
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