88's very, very long Beekeeping PET

[Carson]

You're off to a good start, but are you ensuring the bees only visit clover fields fertilized with manure from greenfield Jersey cows?

Sin,

mvscal

[Wolfman]

Funny one Carson. Holy crap 88, that looks like too much work for me. My "bee keeping" PET would be of me driving to Publix and buying some of this:

[Goober McTuber]

That reminds me. I wonder how buzzer is doing?

[Left Seater]

Rack the PET and the work that goes into all of that.

Sounds like the 88's need to work on becoming pilots themselves. Would make getting to and from much easier.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

If there are thousands in the air upon dumping, how do you not get stung the fuck up?

[WolverineSteve]

Very cool. I love Put-in-Bay btw. Why don't the bees attack? Seems risky putting those last couple of frames in with 10k agitated bees on the loose. Why only the beekeeper lid and not the full kit?

[Waynegro]

There once was a man named McGee, who was stung in the balls by a bee. He made oodles of money by oozing pure honey each time he attempted to pee.

COOL PET!!!

[jiminphilly]

very impressive and educational.

[Goober McTuber]

T1B beehive

Once the bees get settled into a hive, they start getting organized. There will be some bees (mvscal, Marty) who tend to the queen (trev). There will be some bees that become foragers (Dinsdale, Truman). There are some bees that will become nurses to the new brood (mamamustanger, AP). And, most importantly for me, there are a few bees that act as sentries or guards at the entrance of the hive (88, Mgo, KC Scott). Those sentry bees just hang around near the entrance and watch for shit that they deem not to be particularly cool, like fat guys (Papa Willie, KFCPaul) tearing their hive apart.

[Shlomart Ben Yisrael]

T1B beehive

Once the bees get settled into a hive, they start getting organized. There will be some bees (mvscal, Marty) who tend to the queen (trev). There will be some bees that become foragers (Dinsdale, Truman). There are some bees that will become nurses to the new brood (mamamustanger, AP). And, most importantly for me, there are a few bees that act as sentries or guards at the entrance of the hive (88, Mgo, KC Scott). Those sentry bees just hang around near the entrance and watch for shit that they deem not to be particularly cool, like fat guys (Papa Willie, KFCPaul) tearing their hive apart.

One particular strain of T1Bee (Apis Andreniformis TeeVeeOh-um), a dwarf species, uses a unique defence mechanism.
It incessantly buzzes in the ears of it's percieved foe, causing a highly irritating tedium.

[Jay in Phoenix]

One particular strain of T1Bee (Apis Andreniformis TeeVeeOh-um), a dwarf species, uses a unique defence mechanism.
It incessantly buzzes in the ears of it's percieved foe, causing a highly irritating tedium.

In addition, the Pumilio Apis attempts to pollinate every single flower it encounters, often leaving behind a spam-like residue. It tends to prefer black flowers with overly engorged stamens, which it hoovers around in a voracious fashion. However, this species is not known to produce anything sweet or useful. It is very annoying and is most difficult to get rid of.

[WolverineSteve]

Cool. I missed the back story if there was one...how did you get into this?
Father in law's hobby? Family hobby?

[titlover]

do bees really have knees?

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

One particular strain of T1Bee (Apis Andreniformis TeeVeeOh-um), a dwarf species, uses a unique defence mechanism.
It incessantly buzzes in the ears of it's percieved foe, causing a highly irritating tedium.

That swarthbee fuck.

[Diego in Seattle]

I hope for your sake that none of those bees are Africanized bees. They just keep coming to your door buzzing for handouts.

Sin,
Left Behinder

[mvscal]

Diego was just wondering how many small boys he could bait into a quick anal raping with 50 lbs of honey.

[smackaholic]

So, you don't have a boat because, well, basically, you are lazy, but, you will go through hours of fussing with bugs that will fukking kill you, given the chance, so you can have a few pounds of honey.....to give away?

Makes complete sense to me.

Rack you I guess. Better than wasting all that time in here.

[kcdave]

Great PET, even though I wouldn't be caught with in 100 feet of a hive.

[Dinsdale]

I couldn't get your link to open. A lot of people think it has to do with pesticides (neonicotinoids, specifically). But it is disputed.

It would appear that in the EU, where they banned nicotine-based pesticides, the bees appear to be returning.

There was a couple well-reported bee die-offs around here last summer (bumble bees), and they were directly traced (beyond doubt) to improperly used/applied nicotine based pesticides.

[Dinsdale]

The science is settled.

There's a 97.something% consensus.

[Waynegro]

No there isn't. You have no clue what you're talking about.

[BSmack]

No there isn't. You have no clue what you're talking about.

Get into radio Way. We need a beekeeping expert stat!