Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Beekeeping 101 => Topic started by: Riverrat on October 17, 2014, 05:41:39 pm
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Anyone ever back into a hive when running a skid loader. Not going to fess up to how I know but the ladies don't much appreciate it when it happens and you will know when it happens without looking back :-[
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No, I haven't ever done that riverrat O:-) give me some time :D
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................. :D
and FUN was had by all!...........(https://worldwidebeekeeping.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1056.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ft373%2Friverbee1%2Fbee%2520smileys%2Fbeechased_zpsb2acf012.gif&hash=712d0ddc813f166ca0110f6a0baa6b30722b2693)
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When you can operate one this well, you won't make mistakes like that any more.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10202588186977854&fref=nf
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:D give that driver a beer!
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show off!!! ;D
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truly impressive!
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HA! I can do that with an excavator but never imagined it with a skid steer...
Never hit a hive with a skid steer.. but I did manage to bump one iwth the brush hog behind the 1942 TE Ferguson.. I can say that little tractor will NOT outrun bees....
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I can testify that a cinder block foundation doesn't like being bumped with a back hoe! :-[
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Just imaging what the guy will be able to do when he learns to run a skid loader :D
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I flipped a hive head over heels with the front end loader last year trying to set up my pipe stands. I think it shook them up so bad they were not even mad.
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That video is a hoot! Uncommon mastery of a really isolated skill. WoW!
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I have seen the skid steer video before. It is an amazing feat. Truly amazing! We have a local fellow that can digs silted stock ponds with a big skid steer unit. It is amazing how much work can be done with it. A skilled operator can do unthought of things with it, but the above video is in a class by itself.
When a boy, I ran over a bumble bee nest with a brush hog mower. I didn't realize I had done it, so it was the next round that brought them out for a visit. Like the above poster, an old John Deere will not outrun bumble bees. I took eight stings before I abandoned the tractor and ran like hades. I wish I could still run like I did then.
As Lborou points out, the bweaver bees are a bit hot, and if during an inspection, you drop a frame of bees on their hive they will come see you in bunches. I am sure of this.
lazy
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I've never been stung by a bumble bee, how does it differ from honey bees?
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I've never been stung by a bumble bee, how does it differ from honey bees?
I will take a honey bee sting any day over a bumble bee. I dropped a tree on a bumblebee nest cutting wood when I was in high school. Got it 8 or 9 times before I got away from them. Bumble bees don't have barbs on there stingers so they can just keep hammering away. I would say its about like getting hit repeatedly with a ball bat. ;)
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Ewwwhehehw! Can they bite?
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There is a bumble bee that burrows into wood, especially fence posts. I'm sure that guy could bite, but the ones that live in the ground just sting. I would say that their sting is second only to a scorpion, but I have never been stung by a hornet.
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Scorpion?!?!? I'm out.
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I know Zweef... Mee Too!
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We live in a rocky, semi desert and there are many scorpions. Their sting hurts like holy hades for a few minutes and then it becomes numb to the touch for a few minutes. Their sting paralyzes their prey. I don't know about others, but I do not suffer any swelling or residual itching. It is just a PAINFUL sting.
If you turn over a few rocks at my ranch, you will find a scorpion, and they are thick on the mesquite trees at certain times.
My hot bee colonies don't mind you standing around the hive, and I wouldn't worry about them bothering neighbors in a town. It's when you inspect that they go ballistic. I suspect bumping their hive would put their s_ _ t gauge on full.
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Lazy, I wouldn't put up with hot bees like that. But some say that they make more honey. Have you ever re-queened to produce a more gentle bee?
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I have a hive that's a little bit hot. Man do they work hard! I will take em a little hot if they keep producing like that.
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In my experience with hot hives they make more honey. I just make sure to suit up and keep them out away from public access
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I've had times when one or other of my hives was ornery and beating at my veil. I mentioned it and riverbee said to wait a bit that they will probably settle back down ~ they did :) guess they were working something out.
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From bobcats, to bumblebees, to scorpions, to mean bees.
What happened to the original topic?
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The original topic was oops and was about bumping a bee hive with a bobcat. Fortunately, There aren't many such incidents to report. I think if this thread had been limited to bumping beehives while backing up a bobcat, that it would have been a one post thread. Now if the bobcat in reverse is left out of the equation, there are a lot of oops stories. By necessity this thread has gone to the oops side. One could surmise that this is about half on subject. :):):)
Still, I find it entertaining.
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Half on subject? Does that mean it's half a.. ? :laugh:
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:laugh: yep, like most of my posts.
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LOL
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Lazy you keep me humored :D :D :D