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Beekeeping => General Beekeeping => Topic started by: DonMcJr on May 18, 2014, 06:41:20 pm

Title: Pics of My Bee Yard and some Busy Bees...
Post by: DonMcJr on May 18, 2014, 06:41:20 pm
Here's my 5 Hives and the Nuc making a Queen...all were busy today!

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Nuc Making a Queen

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Bee Working a Purple Henbit Deadnettle (I think)

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Dandelions...
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Fly Away!

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Bumble Bee

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Bumble Bee on an Apple Blossom

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Title: Re: Pics of My Bee Yard and some Busy Bees...
Post by: Jen on May 18, 2014, 07:04:15 pm
Wow Don! did you have a wonderful day in the bee yard Or What !?!
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Post by: tbonekel on May 18, 2014, 07:04:47 pm
Beautiful pictures!
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Post by: LazyBkpr on May 18, 2014, 07:06:45 pm
Great pictures. Nice clarity, enjoyed that Thanks!
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Post by: BoilerJim on May 18, 2014, 08:43:34 pm
Thanks for the photos, Don. I can feel my body settling into a deep "calm" when I stroll through my bee yards and I felt the same thing looking at your pictures.
Title: Re: Pics of My Bee Yard and some Busy Bees...
Post by: DonMcJr on May 18, 2014, 08:51:47 pm
Thanks everyone! My Bee Yard is my Food Plot for Deer Hunting and basically my "Back Yard 6 Acres"!

So I get ALOT of Relaxation and calmness from it all!  8)
Title: Re: Pics of My Bee Yard and some Busy Bees...
Post by: Jen on May 18, 2014, 10:34:31 pm
I'm starting to get relaxed again, been a crazy swarmy spring ~ so far peace reigns in the bee kingdom  :)  whew
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Post by: Beeracuda on May 18, 2014, 11:04:13 pm
Great pics!
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Post by: blueblood on May 18, 2014, 11:11:51 pm
Thanks for sharing them Don, solid photos!
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Post by: riverbee on May 19, 2014, 12:18:54 pm
great photos don!!!  thank you!
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Post by: GLOCK on May 19, 2014, 11:24:35 pm
Good stuff .
No problems with bear I take it?.
Nice yard .
Title: Re: Pics of My Bee Yard and some Busy Bees...
Post by: CpnObvious on May 19, 2014, 11:40:42 pm
What's the sign in the first pic between and behind the first two hives, a warning for trespassers?

When I was first introduced to beekeeping I was an early teen.  The guy (in his 70s) that introduced me and was bringing me to the local bee keepers association meetings once told me about a couple of kids that we're trying to open the "drawers" of his hives not knowing what they were.  He said he ran outside yelling at them: "You better get away from those!!!  You're gonna get peppered!!!"

Fast forward to the next morning on the school bus... My best friend was telling me about he and a mutual friend saw these weird boxes in somebody's yard and while they were looking at them this old guy came out yelling that they were gonna get peppered.  I obviously laughed at him and told him what they were. "Getting peppered" became a running joke between me and my two friends.

That was completely off topic, but the sign made me think about that because after "those kids" trespassed and were checking out the "boxes" he put up warning signs.
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Post by: jb63 on May 20, 2014, 12:39:15 am
Nice pics Don.They are so clear and green,bet you don't miss the snow.
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Post by: apisbees on May 20, 2014, 03:27:22 pm
Nice photos Don 2 of the 6 bees in the pictures were bumble bees. nice to see the native wild bees are out and healthy and that you are providing a food source for both the wild pollinators, the honey bees and all the other wildlife.