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ORIGINAL: Dennis

Unless the agriculteral industry figures out a way to artificially pollenate their crops...Without the little honey bee, we are doomed as a civilization...that's a no bullshitter either.

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ORIGINAL: importkiller

I had a swarm like that in my shed last year......some gasoline in a squirt bottle and a match took care of it....them little bastages fly quick when their on fire.

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ORIGINAL: blackstangs281

Ok, I got a number for a local bee collector who had lost most of his hives through winter.
 
He jumped at the chance to collect them.   It's wild how they do it.  They brushed them into a bucket and dumped them into a make shift hive.  They left it here for tonight and will get it in the morning.
 

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ORIGINAL: blackstangs281

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ORIGINAL: Dennis

That is so refreshing to see that the bee population is strong out East..West of the Mississippi, the bees have mysteriously begun to disappear..not die off, just whole hives are disappearing..the science is still out on the cause...The Honey I get is from a friend of mine who has 30 to 40 active hives, I bet we go through a quart of honey a month at my house....They are all the Africanized Honey bee, no way around it out West here anymore..they are bit more aggressive, but funny enough,  once they learn you mean them no harm and regularly check up on them, the get use to you and stay calm...The big plus with African bees, is that their Honey is very tasty and has a strong wild flower flavor that is like nothing else you've ever tasted...very much sought after and relished amongst the locals here...It's is our local remedy for allergies too.

I just read that some people are saying cell phones are to blame for their low numbers

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ORIGINAL: Dennis

A couple of weeks ago, there was a nutty idea discussed in The Independent that claimed the electromagnetic radiation from cell phones was causing bees to become disoriented, preventing them from returning to the hive. The flimsy cell phone argument was used to explain Colony Collapse Disorder. Today the LA Times reports that researchers at UC San Francisco have uncovered what they believe to be the real culprit: a parasitic fungus. Other researchers said Wednesday that they too had found the fungus, a single-celled parasite called Nosema ceranae, in affected hives from around the country.

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ORIGINAL: Dennis

Go for it Kat..Beekeeping is so rewarding

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ORIGINAL: Hummergirl4

Honey bees I like...but wasps and hornets are free game for squishin.....hate them things....

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ORIGINAL: Dennis

So true about the allergies as I mention earlier..Also it is a pefect anticeptic for cuts and burns...Burn victims are found to survive 3rd degree burns without major infections, if their open burns are coverd with honey as soon as possible after the burn.