Here is my quick intro my name is Cher I live in S.E. Idaho. We live on a small farm and we have 6 kids we homeschool. Now here is the question. We have bees...
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Lew Best
lewbest2000
Mar 26, 2007 12:44 pm
Hi Cher This is a kinda hard question to answer from the description. I'll have to assume you mean they are flying around everywhere? If so, you probably...
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Kellie Hathaway
kelliewilhelm
Mar 26, 2007 1:53 pm
Cher, Sounds to me like there might be a hive(s) near by and they're searching for Spring food. As soon as it gets warm enough here in Colorado and the bees...
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sgtwal@...
sgtwal
Mar 26, 2007 5:11 pm
If the bees are all around the house you probably have a hive somewhere. Take a walk around the area and look for where the bees are coming from. It may be...
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longbeardeds...
Mar 27, 2007 3:02 am
We really need more details, but.... It sounds as if the Honey bees are either just really busy looking for food around your house, looking for a place to...
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David Browder
david_w_browder
Mar 27, 2007 3:53 am
If you're gonna try to keep bees, you'll need a hive. So when you've bought/assembled the hive put a lure in there (Bout anyone that sells equipment's got...
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Greg Fink
greenman_rn
Mar 27, 2007 12:53 pm
Greetings all. I'm just starting out (as some of you may know by now), and I"ve just been scouting out a location for my bees. The farm where they're going to...
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big_grizzly39
Mar 28, 2007 4:12 am
... just ... who ... lines ... lines ... I have heard that bees get agitated when there is a thunderstorm nearby due to the static in the air so I guess the...
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David O.
kg6mvx
Mar 28, 2007 4:03 pm
... electric ... and ... would ... I have seen so much natural static in the air that people's hair stands on end. However, the electrical fields under high...
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David O.
kg6mvx
Mar 28, 2007 4:07 pm
... electric ... and ... would ... I have seen so much natural static in the air that people's hair stands on end. However, the electrical fields under high...
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axeman_002000
Mar 28, 2007 8:25 pm
Thought this article might be interesting to some. I just opened up and reversed supers yesterday. My loss on my one hive was probably a good 80% but they are...
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sherill lockwood
sherillynn
Mar 29, 2007 8:30 am
I am somewhat new to beekeeping. This will be my second season. A friend of mine has decided to get some bees and will be installing his hives in a couple of...
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davpress
Mar 29, 2007 5:34 pm
... The problem with bees and livestock is the cows, goats, sheep etc like to rub against the hives, often overturning them. It's best to have a fence between...
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Germanbee5@...
germanbee5
Mar 29, 2007 7:04 pm
In a message dated 3/29/2007 10:34:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, davpress@... writes: Hi sherill, The problems with livestock <> bees are; Water troths,...
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Dale Carlson
hayseedfarm
Mar 29, 2007 7:54 pm
Interesting article - I'm still not convinced the expense would be worth it, but it's a whole different ballgame when you're commercial vs hobbyist. I lost 1...
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Dale Carlson
hayseedfarm
Mar 29, 2007 7:55 pm
The main thing is protecting the hives from the livestock. Bees don't generally bother cows, goats, horses, etc., but the animals will likely rub against the...
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toddwillis@...
littletfarms
Mar 30, 2007 12:36 pm
We raise cattle, what is buffal? I am not familiar with that term and google doesn't recognize it either. We do not have a feedlot, maybe that is a feedlot...
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sherill lockwood
sherillynn
Mar 30, 2007 1:40 pm
Buffalo......
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Kellie Hathaway
kelliewilhelm
Mar 30, 2007 3:15 pm
Hi Sherill, We have cattle that graze where I keep my hives - I put up a barbed wire fence around their area, but in calving season the calves are small enough...
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Mike Stoops
mws1112004
Mar 30, 2007 3:41 pm
Kellie Hathaway <kellie@...> wrote: Hi Sherill, We have cattle that graze where I keep my hives - I put up a...
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Todd Willis
littletfarms
Mar 30, 2007 3:57 pm
We keep ours in the pasture with our cattle. I might be concerned if I was using an insecticide on the cattle or feeding medicated feed. I also would not...
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Planar
planars
Mar 30, 2007 6:42 pm
Good day to everyone, I am not a beekeeper but I thought my question shall be directed here as you guys are "bee specialists: :). I have been attacked by bees...
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Ozarkhighlands
prantersacres
Mar 30, 2007 7:00 pm
Bees do not like certain smells ...and adreneline works them up. Also certain shampoos, deodrants, aftershaves etc will set them off. Quite possibly your...
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Kellie Hathaway
kelliewilhelm
Mar 30, 2007 7:14 pm
George, I'm sure others will have additional info/opinions but mine is that you might have unknowingly aggravated the first one - once you get stung by one ...
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kgbenson@...
kgbenson
Mar 30, 2007 8:32 pm
... From: Planar <g.chaziris@...> ... Those are the warning shots. ... I suspect there may have been a colony near to where you were and you were...
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David Browder
david_w_browder
Mar 30, 2007 9:57 pm
I've always heard that large amounts of sugar water is lethal to cattle. ... From: Todd Willis To: beekeeping@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 7:57...
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Charles
nzbeeman
Mar 31, 2007 8:31 am
Wednesday 28 March 2007 05:11 big_grizzly39, what manner of speech has escaped the barrier of your teeth? ... I have worked hive under highvoltage lines for...
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David O.
kg6mvx
Mar 31, 2007 9:43 pm
What area are you in? If you are in an Africanized honey bee (AFB) area, they might be AFBs. The get agitated much more easily than the European honey bees. ...
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tg885
Apr 1, 2007 1:58 am
hi, quick question, i'm a novice; i inspected my hives recently, noticing some of them had died. well, i noticed that the comb although empty, had this blue...
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Stefani Leto
parkdayknitter
Apr 1, 2007 4:16 am
By the time I got out to a swarm call tonight (my first that wasn't mine), it was nearly dark. t was nice and low, on a branch in an ornamental tree. I sprayed...
