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Anonymous Sat 27 Aug 2016 20:42:42 No.846645 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>846772

Anyone else keeping bees /out/ there?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 27 Aug 2016 21:31:01 No.846665 Report

Quoted By: >>846755 >>848202 >>853771

my parents keep bees.
they have been doing it for only 3 or 4 years
had 8 hives last year
4 died during winter
2 more died during spring
once they loose the last 2 they are giving up

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Aug 2016 00:17:57 No.846755 Report

Quoted By: >>851208

I want bees wicked bad once I get out of the city or find a building that will let me put a hive on the roof.

>>846665
Why are they dying?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Aug 2016 00:44:10 No.846772 Report

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>>846645
I think some people in the /diy/ gardening general keep bees.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 28 Aug 2016 21:15:19 No.847371 Report

Quoted By: >>851308

Fuck that shit bees terrify me. I enjoy honey but just stay the fuck away from me

Fish Flakes !!0/xyoWERXU8

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Fish Flakes !!0/xyoWERXU8 Mon 29 Aug 2016 03:56:27 No.847676 Report

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I teach classes on beekeeping, y'all need to know some shit hmu.

Fish Flakes !!0/xyoWERXU8

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Fish Flakes !!0/xyoWERXU8 Mon 29 Aug 2016 04:03:40 No.847683 Report

Quoted By: >>847731 >>847760 >>847927 >>847941 >>854955 >>856209

I teach classes on beekeeping, y'all needa know some shit hmu

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 05:47:22 No.847731 Report

Quoted By: >>848050

>>847683
where/how do I find classes like that?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 06:11:09 No.847735 Report

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Do anyone have a design for a window box beekeeping box?

I'd like to do it, but I don't have access to a large piece of land.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 07:37:25 No.847760 Report

Quoted By: >>848050

>>847683
How expensive is it to get into?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 15:55:34 No.847927 Report

Quoted By: >>848050

>>847683
What do about hive beatles?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 16:27:25 No.847941 Report

Quoted By: >>848047 >>848050

>>847683
How much space do you need to have between you and the bees, like can I have a hive in my tiny backyard without getting buttraped by angry bees every time I sit on my patio?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 18:45:36 No.848047 Report

Quoted By: >>848049

>>847941
Bees have about a two mile radius.

If you don't like a bee here and there when you're not bugging them, don't get into bee keeping.

Bees are friendly cool dudes as long as theyre not threatened.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 18:49:23 No.848049 Report

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>>848047
Well I was more asking how far their personal space radius is, how close one can get before they feel threatened and might sting. I don't mind being around bees at all, but I don't want to piss them off by being too close.

Fish Flakes !!0/xyoWERXU8

Fish Flakes !!0/xyoWERXU8 Mon 29 Aug 2016 18:50:17 No.848050 Report

Quoted By: >>848562 >>851350

>>847731
I teach literally everywhere. Library, farner's market, schools, you name it. Just find your local Ag extension office.
>>847760
Like $300, not too bad for the outcome
>>847927
Beetle Baffles, look em up. Made in America by rocket scientists.
>>847941
Bees are chill af if you dont mess with them nonstop, just dont weed eat around them and you'll be aight.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 20:08:07 No.848089 Report

Quoted By: >>851299

How much land do I need to keep bees. I assume I need a lot of wildflowers and/or clover around to feed them

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 29 Aug 2016 23:08:35 No.848202 Report

Quoted By: >>851288 >>853771

>>846665
Do you live in some shitty area where there isn't a lot of diverse plant life for them?

I think I read one of the main reasons they think colony collapse is happening is that farmers will destroy all plant life besides their crops.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 30 Aug 2016 15:12:47 No.848562 Report

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>>848050
Do you think you could make a list for beginners saying what supplies/tools yo aquire, and how much you should pay for them(so you don't get some cheap crappy that breaks on you)
Kinda like,
Beekeeping suit - $???
Basic whatever size hive house you suggest - $???
And so on

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Sep 2016 16:38:22 No.849749 Report

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Bump

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 15:52:37 No.851208 Report

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>>846755

Not that anon, but neonicotinoids are destroying my friends' hives. Similar levels of destruction.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:06:03 No.851288 Report

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>>848202
A lot of people think it's the pesticides fucking with their hormone levels and other stuff.

Even worse is shit like this:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/09/01/like-its-been-nuked-millions-of-bees-dead-after-south-carolina-sprays-for-zika-mosquitoes/

They straight up carpet bombed these hives and millions of bees died. These are people's livelihoods for god's sake.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:16:53 No.851299 Report

Quoted By: >>855409

>>848089
The hive itself doesn't need a lot of space. Maybe like a feet around it and preferably with the opening facing the sun.

If you live in the suburbs you should be fine. If you live in a rural area then you will need flowers for a mile or two out. Wildflowers will do, as long as it's not barren. Planting a garden won't make a difference unless you have a whole orchard or something.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:30:45 No.851308 Report

Quoted By: >>851317 >>855411

>>847371
Personally, I think a lot of the fear surrounding bees comes from wasps, since wasps and yellowjackets are really agressive (at least in the US, European yellowjackets are not nearly as agressive) compared to bees, and a lot of people can't tell them apart.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 19:44:29 No.851317 Report

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>>851308
Bees are friendly dudes. Especially those bumble cocksuckers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 04 Sep 2016 20:52:40 No.851350 Report

Quoted By: >>856202

>>848050
how do you feel about that Flow hive that was on kickstarter?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2016 04:39:27 No.853756 Report

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My parents have bees. They got them about 3-4 months ago. Started out with 8000, now they're at roughly 20000. Pretty awesome tbqh

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 09 Sep 2016 05:40:25 No.853771 Report

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>>846665
same. already gave up.
>>848202
for me its been an insane bunch of winters. past 3 winters have just been not only rather cold, but extremely long. Used to in my area winter started in late november and ended in early march. now it starts snowing in oct and its bitterly cold in april and early may.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2016 05:05:22 No.854955 Report

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>>847683
How hard is it to get into?
Any recommendations on getting started?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2016 16:59:08 No.855256 Report

Quoted By: >>855271

Got morning drunk on honey weiss and loaded two trucks full of 80lb honey boxes yesterday.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2016 17:13:15 No.855269 Report

Quoted By: >>856202

What do y'all think of this hive design? Basically the idea is that you don't have to remove the honeycomb to get the honey, you just turn the handle and it flows out of a tap.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2016 17:15:22 No.855271 Report

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>>855256
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1X2b0kq9EE&feature=share

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2016 20:56:34 No.855409 Report

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>>851299
I have about 5000 square feet of garden space, and 10 fruit trees. How would that measure up?

(FYI, my neighbors garden and there are typically wildflowers around, but I'm curious.)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Sep 2016 20:57:54 No.855411 Report

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>>851308
Even yellowjackets aren't that aggressive, but when they do sting you, it hurts fucking bad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Sep 2016 01:43:25 No.856202 Report

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>>851350
>>855269
>thinking you can keep bees with minimal effort

It's a meme.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Sep 2016 01:55:28 No.856209 Report

Quoted By: >>856807

>>847683

>hmu

Stop talking like a nigger.

FishFlakes !!0/xyoWERXU8

FishFlakes !!0/xyoWERXU8 Wed 14 Sep 2016 04:16:53 No.856807 Report

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>>856209
Quite sorry there 'ol chap, I did not mean to offend you in any fashion.

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