Bees (that are not our bees) took over the shed. My daughter (a beekeeper) had to remove them. As she was working, a small child passing on a trike looked terrified and shouted 'Bee Men!'.
Meh, moldy frames in a beehive. I guess the online sources say it's no problem and the bees will clean it out, but I think we'll just compost these. #beekeeping
Lost our first #beehive to #raiders. The beehive was loaded with honey, and another hive decided to take it for themselves; they overwhelmed the small set of guard bees, killed the queen, and stole all the honey. A bit of a mess to clean up today, this happened a week or so ago and the flies had gotten to the remaining brood, plus wax moths had just started laying. Lesson: 1. keep the entrance SMALL with a new hive 2. Don't have that much honey for a regenerating hive. #beekeeping
We inspected #beehives today. We have concluded we just don't know enough. The #bees in the original hive were practically lethargic and haven't gotten anything done (i.e. no new frames drawn out) despite having been fed a couple of weeks ago. #beekeeping /1
Te to ale nanosiły… xD
Pierwszy miód z tego sezonu, nazwa kodowa „Klon, mniszek i inne cuda” 25kg! To połowa z tego co zebrałem w całym zeszłym sezonie!!!!11
A pszczelarz patron straszył, że wszystko kwitnie na raz i miodu nie będzie. :D
LOL Apparently a new movie about a vengeful beekeeper who takes down a ring of cybercrooks. I'm laughing so much I am crying. The trailer includes the use of a jar of honey as a weapon against someone with a 50cal machine gun. #beekeeping#beekeeper#movie
Friday the 13th... FARM FIELD OF TERROR! They're angry! They want revenge! They are yelling "we're mad, we're going to get you!" #beekeeping (ps. 60,000 to 80,000 bees unhappy with being carted across the county, LOL They were not amused.)
Amusing #beekeeper story. I am relocating a captured swarm from someone's backyard this week, and they asked if they could have honey from the swarm (and I had to explain that swarm won't have honey for another year or two... and that is if we are lucky/weather works out, etc.). Made me chuckle, lol. #beekeeping#honey
Hot honey from the other day. Honey heated and mixed with a bazillion hot peppers, then strained. There is typically a lot of hot peppers coated with honey left over... (currently out to the compost pile, but I wonder if folks would like very sticky, hot peppers in honey) #honey#beekeeping#food
As a beekeeper and someone who has spend a very long time in the technology and startup industry, I have great doubts on the economic feasibility of AI-powered beekeeping. (there's a startup with $53M in funding to use AI to "optimize pollination"). The entire US beekeeping industry had revenues of around $778M in 2022. #beekeeping#thoughts#AI
Beekeeping failure analysis notes: 20 lbs or so of honey applied to small plastic molded bottom against a wood floor results in cracking. Lost 2.5 gallons to the floor. 2 gallons recovered and will go to bee feeding. #beekeeping#failure