For Our Beekeepers - Page 10

Gravdigr · 12-29-2018, 10:59 AM

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Damn you Auto-Correct!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-10-2019, 01:25 AM

If you beekeepers and wannabeekeepers need information, this book is online here.

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All 856 pages.

sexobon · 05-24-2019, 09:35 PM

McDonald's just opened a tiny restaurant for bees —
here's what it's like inside

• McDonald's has opened its smallest restaurant in the world as a haven for bees.

• The tiny eatery, which is a fully-functioning beehive, was handcrafted by a woodworker and has "room for thousands of important guests," according to a video of the finished product.

• The restaurant is complete with a McDonald's sign, "drive-thru," patio with seating, and advertisements on the windows.

• McDonald's commissioned the project to pay homage to its restaurants in Sweden that have beehives on their rooftops.

• Other McDonald's franchises have contributed to efforts to save bees, which have been dying at an alarming rate in recent years, by planting flowers outside their restaurants.

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xoxoxoBruce · 05-24-2019, 11:38 PM

What a great way to attract children to bee hives.
If the bees are eating at McD's will honey still be healthy?

Griff · 05-25-2019, 05:26 AM

I guess this means McDonalds doesn’t source from heavy pesticide users. I crack myself up.

Happy Monkey · 05-26-2019, 11:00 AM

Sleepy Bees

xoxoxoBruce · 05-26-2019, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Sleepy Bees

4-17-19 IOtD

Griff · 06-10-2019, 06:38 AM

So I had two dead outs this spring. I made a couple swarm traps. The first I put in a huge oak tree on the edge of a field per the best practices. The second I left in the barn door until I could get to it. So yeah, I caught a swarm in my barn.

Griff · 07-18-2019, 11:03 AM

My bees looked very good today. They're making honey at a nice clip and have excellent numbers. I'll have to do a mite check but visually everything seems fine.

nowhereman · 07-18-2019, 01:22 PM

Extracted 70 lbs on Saturday, picked up jars on Sunday. Figuring to bottle this weekend. Going to be too ***!!?? hot for anything else.

Griff · 07-18-2019, 01:40 PM

It'll flow like water!

misisk · 07-29-2019, 05:43 AM

Personally, I think it's a gimmick. If honey is thin enough to flow, the moisture content is probably too high, which would promote fermentation. Honey reads around 18% on a refractometer, down from the 80+% moisture of nectar. Extraction is done by either cutting off the cappings and spinning the frames in an extractor or by "crush-and-strain", whereby the combs are cut from the frame and either hung to drain or crushed with something resembling a potato masher. I also don't see what happens to the bees on the frames that are pierced - do they get pierced as well? Interesting concept, but something for those with extra cash to play with. Rev. Langsroth (developer of the currently used 10 frame hives and discoverer of "bee space") had it right.

Griff · 07-29-2019, 06:25 AM

Are you AI or are you responding to something from long ago?

glatt · 07-29-2019, 06:29 AM

Hi misiks, if you use the quote feature to respond to something, people will understand what you are saying better. You seem to be responding to old posts, which is fine, but hard to follow of you don't quote them.

Griff · 07-29-2019, 06:35 AM

Well if you put it that way it almost sounds welcoming. Sorry if that sounded surly.

05-10-2019, 01:25 AM	#137
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you beekeepers and wannabeekeepers need information, this book is online here. All 856 pages. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-24-2019, 11:38 PM	#139
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What a great way to attract children to bee hives. If the bees are eating at McD's will honey still be healthy? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-25-2019, 05:26 AM	#140
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I guess this means McDonalds doesn’t source from heavy pesticide users. I crack myself up. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-26-2019, 11:00 AM	#141
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Sleepy Bees __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

06-10-2019, 06:38 AM	#143
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So I had two dead outs this spring. I made a couple swarm traps. The first I put in a huge oak tree on the edge of a field per the best practices. The second I left in the barn door until I could get to it. So yeah, I caught a swarm in my barn. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-24-2019, 09:35 PM	#138
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	McDonald's just opened a tiny restaurant for bees — here's what it's like inside • McDonald's has opened its smallest restaurant in the world as a haven for bees. • The tiny eatery, which is a fully-functioning beehive, was handcrafted by a woodworker and has "room for thousands of important guests," according to a video of the finished product. • The restaurant is complete with a McDonald's sign, "drive-thru," patio with seating, and advertisements on the windows. • McDonald's commissioned the project to pay homage to its restaurants in Sweden that have beehives on their rooftops. • Other McDonald's franchises have contributed to efforts to save bees, which have been dying at an alarming rate in recent years, by planting flowers outside their restaurants.

07-18-2019, 11:03 AM	#144
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	My bees looked very good today. They're making honey at a nice clip and have excellent numbers. I'll have to do a mite check but visually everything seems fine. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-18-2019, 01:22 PM	#145
nowhereman sliding down the razor blade of life Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: just over the edge Posts: 228	Extracted 70 lbs on Saturday, picked up jars on Sunday. Figuring to bottle this weekend. Going to be too ***!!?? hot for anything else.

07-18-2019, 01:40 PM	#146
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	It'll flow like water! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-29-2019, 05:43 AM	#147
misisk Banned Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 3	Personally, I think it's a gimmick. If honey is thin enough to flow, the moisture content is probably too high, which would promote fermentation. Honey reads around 18% on a refractometer, down from the 80+% moisture of nectar. Extraction is done by either cutting off the cappings and spinning the frames in an extractor or by "crush-and-strain", whereby the combs are cut from the frame and either hung to drain or crushed with something resembling a potato masher. I also don't see what happens to the bees on the frames that are pierced - do they get pierced as well? Interesting concept, but something for those with extra cash to play with. Rev. Langsroth (developer of the currently used 10 frame hives and discoverer of "bee space") had it right.

07-29-2019, 06:25 AM	#148
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Are you AI or are you responding to something from long ago? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-29-2019, 06:29 AM	#149
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Hi misiks, if you use the quote feature to respond to something, people will understand what you are saying better. You seem to be responding to old posts, which is fine, but hard to follow of you don't quote them.

07-29-2019, 06:35 AM	#150
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Well if you put it that way it almost sounds welcoming. Sorry if that sounded surly. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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