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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: skeeterhawk1960 on March 31, 2014, 08:02:42 pm
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I decided to check on my swarm that I installed, yesterday was a week ago. Cut a little burr comb or whatever you call it. They were really nice. You can work them with out any smoke or protection, unlike my other hive.
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Sounds like a good score all around.
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No, you cannot work them without smoke. You might one, twice, or ten times, but one day you will have ten to fifty stings within 3 seconds of popping the top.
Please don't do it.
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heheh Yep, what Iddee said!!
I recommend having the smoker ready. They ARE female, one day they will get you! :laugh:
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No, you cannot work them without smoke. You might one, twice, or ten times, but one day you will have ten to fifty stings within 3 seconds of popping the top.
Please don't do it.
I suspect your not talking theory here.
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LOL, lazy and woody, you guys crack me up!!!!..... :D
gary, heed ALL of the words of wisdom....... ;D................ :D
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A couple years back I had a hive that I needed to find the queen in. Two deeps and a medium, boiling with bees. This was a queen I started 3 week before the blackberry bloom. She had been good up til now but I raised enough drone layers to recognize it pretty early.
Get to the hives I realize I've forgot my smoker. No big deal, I'm suited up. When I pulled the top deep off they blotted out the sun.
Picked up at least 50 stingers thru my jeans, got a couple inside my veil. Never did find the queen.
Three days later I go back to do battle. I've got a hooded sweatshirt under my veil and sweat pants over my jeans. The smoker is looking like the OLD 97
This day they were sweet as could be. I could have worked them buck nekid.
You just never know what kind of mood they'll be in.
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Woody, I don't want to see you work them butt neckkid, but I'd sure like to hear the story.
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That not something anybody want to see!