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Offline keeperofthebees

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Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« on: February 15, 2014, 01:38:36 pm »
If any of you find it helpful, I've noticed that deer & rabits don't want to go near a garden if theres a beehive in it/while the weather is nice & things are growing.  Sure you have to wear your suit while you're tending the garden!!!  The best part with a suit at the garden, is that skeeters can't eat you alive!!!  It's a healthy balance of nature, what do you all think?...  It's easy to hang a beesuit up by the porch door for when you go in the back yard.
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2014, 02:12:59 pm »
I had two hives at the garden two years ago. I got the first picking of peas, the deer got the rest, vines and all.
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2014, 02:24:40 pm »
Quote from: iddee on February 15, 2014, 02:12:59 pm
I had two hives at the garden two years ago. I got the first picking of peas, the deer got the rest, vines and all.

White tail or mule deer?  The white tails around my area hate bees in the summer.
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2014, 02:41:03 pm »
Don't have mule deer here. Only whitetail.
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2014, 04:21:07 pm »
Not summer atm, but there are deer tracks all about the hives, will have to see if the deer stay clear of them when its warmer.
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2014, 06:01:51 pm »
Quote from: LazyBkpr on February 15, 2014, 04:21:07 pm
Not summer atm, but there are deer tracks all about the hives, will have to see if the deer stay clear of them when its warmer.

I swear by the garden trick!  Cows don't seem to go near them either!  The dog does every once in awhile, but it doesn't take him long to run under the truck and enjoy the shade...lol
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2014, 09:22:58 am »
You will surely want the Ultrabreeze suit if working hard in the garden....it's nice and airy. 
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2014, 05:51:09 pm »
Quote from: keeperofthebees on February 15, 2014, 06:01:51 pm
Quote from: LazyBkpr on February 15, 2014, 04:21:07 pm
Not summer atm, but there are deer tracks all about the hives, will have to see if the deer stay clear of them when its warmer.

I swear by the garden trick!  Cows don't seem to go near them either!  The dog does every once in awhile, but it doesn't take him long to run under the truck and enjoy the shade...lol

Sorry don't agree, have cow poop against the fence , 2-3 feet from the front of the hive. Also horse manure all along the fence line.... Haven't looked for deer tracks close to the hive, but they are all around the field next to my hops ( which they don't eat luckily)
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2014, 06:06:40 pm »
Cows will rub against hives to scratch, and knock them over.
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2014, 09:00:52 pm »
well they are tasty cows are some of the dumbest critters around. Gerrrr and gerrr. always had to go after my dads brown swiss when she'd get out. Her name was butter cup but i just called her butter band start to whistle here.  :laugh:
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2014, 09:36:41 pm »
Quote from: mamapoppybee on March 11, 2014, 09:00:52 pm
well they are tasty cows are some of the dumbest critters around.

Turns out a member of our association raises purely grass-fed beef.  I bought two cows a while back.  Had to buy another freezer, too.  A chest-type freezer was full of nothing but hamburger.  Other freezers full of steaks, ribs, etc.  Yum yum!  ($1.15/lb if I remember correctly).

Packaged beef transports better than on the hoof!



Freezers full of beef:







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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2014, 10:29:41 pm »
Yep!! I'm moving in with Slow!
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2014, 12:32:25 am »
That would have made a bunch of jerky ;D
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2014, 07:51:20 am »
you go slow good price on that if you buy from a grocery store depending on cut your looking 3$ or more per LB. When i got married dad gave me a huge deep freezer one of the best wedding gifts ever. Now i think back on it one of those acts of making sure his lil girl was gonna be ok. sure do miss him.
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Re: Beehive at the garden, garden at the bee yard.
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2014, 08:58:03 am »
Thats what dads do! Make sure their lil girls are ok..  even if the lil girls sometimes take offense at dad standing over them with a shotgun..    ;D

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