Worldwide Beekeeping
General Discussion => Any and Every Thing => Topic started by: Intheswamp on April 13, 2014, 07:50:26 pm
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I had a swarm a couple of weeks ago in the wretched privet hedge thicket. The situation was where I had to use the pole bucket at an angle to bump them into it. I also had not added the 10' conduit to the original pole so I was using a six foot stepladder. It was a nice little swarm amongst the privet branches...
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I prepped the area by getting on the ladder and lopping off some of the branches that were giving me problems with the pole...up and down, up and down the ladder I went. On one occasion I heard a distinct ripping sound but kept on going trying to clear some limbs out of the way. Finally I managed to get the bees down and into the hive. I did the usual thing of standing there with legs spread, hands on knees peering down into the hive trying to spot the her majesty the queen. Eventually I put the inner cover on and continued to bump small knots of bees into the bucket and dump out n front of the hive. It was a fair size swarm...
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Later that night I was at a meeting when I realized something...it was then that my life flashed before my eyes!!!! It could have been bad....very bad!!!!! Imagine the misery that could've taken place...bees love to seek out dark holes and crevices and I was standing over this open hive of bees with hundreds if not thousands flying around me!!!!! It's amazing that I had no problems...
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A four inch rip....thank You, Lord, for lookng out for me!!!!!! :o
Ed
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You're killin me with this stuff!
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We may have been callin you "Big Ed". ;D
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You're killin me with this stuff!
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We may have been callin you "Big Ed". ;D
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That would sober you up and make you smarter, i guess god didn't think it was your time. :laugh: :laugh: Jack
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Well coming from a bee venom therapist... like I always say, it only hurts for 10 minutes then you get three days of swelling :D
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3 days? I'm almost tempted. :)
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Well, two solid days and then the pressure relieves on the third day... ~wink~ just so you know ;) 8)
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Don't do it! THINK about this a moment.... while three days may be impressive to most, out of three days, or 72 hours... 71.5 hours of alone time while you wait for the swelling to go down!!! You get lonely all alone, locked in your room... Unable to venture out without the wife giggling at your predicament..
How much sorrow do you think SHE will feel for you? Will she have mercy? NO! She will be amused and she will tell her friends!! Not.... that... I mean, thats what I have heard....
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
No Mercy Mistah! NO NADA NIX! She will say "Just Wait Till I get my next manicure and pedicure! hehehehehe"
By the way ~ 71.5 beats my deal of 15 minutes in a cheap hotel ~
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It's the itching that would drive you (nuts, just a little pun :D) Grandpa was a beekeeper, maybe that's why grandma use to get on to him for scratching his self all the time. :laugh: :laugh: Jack
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I told you in the other thread Lazy was out looking for bees. ;D
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Brook- "It's the itching that would drive you (nuts, just a little pun ) Grandpa was a beekeeper, maybe that's why grandma use to get on to him for scratching his self all the time.""
LOL