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Offline Jen

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Bees Don't Mind If I Paint Their House
« on: June 04, 2014, 04:55:10 pm »
Gorgeous day today, doors wide open with Pharrel Williams entertaining the entire neighborhood "Happy", a gently spiked ice tea next to me while attempt to paint the hives. The bee's really don't mind! They feel the love  :) That is soo Cool!

These are the boxes that weren't quite finished as the swarms came in back to back.


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Re: Bees Don't Mind If I Paint Their House
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2014, 08:32:53 pm »
Life is good. ;D
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Re: Bees Don't Mind If I Paint Their House
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2014, 08:39:30 pm »
I think you need a little Shandie drink while painting would also make it a happier chore.....

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Re: Bees Don't Mind If I Paint Their House
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2014, 08:47:48 pm »
Hey Blue  :)  I am gonna try a Shandie this weekend! Let's see what thread is that recipe on?
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Re: Bees Don't Mind If I Paint Their House
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2014, 09:14:43 pm »
HA!  A novel approach!    I would go out an hour later and see 200 bees stuck in the now dry paint..   :-[
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Re: Bees Don't Mind If I Paint Their House
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2014, 09:22:24 pm »
Trust me... I was watching for that. But we have a good flo going now, so they have one thing on their mind, The Entrance!  ;)
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Re: Bees Don't Mind If I Paint Their House
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2014, 04:14:36 pm »
Life is good. ;D

.......... :D
i have never painted the hives with the bees in them, guess i don't know what i am missing?  :D i do have a friend that does, one side at a time....like scott, my luck i'd go out and find a bunch of bees all stuck to the paint, in my case stain..... :D  and the other thing is, i am kind of sloppy when it comes to staining hives.
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Re: Bees Don't Mind If I Paint Their House
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2014, 04:20:17 pm »
Ya know what? I posted this question way back when, and Iddee said that he had painted set up hives during the day before, so I thought what the heck.
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