yes Ma'am, we need bees... we used to have another hive (wild) in an old dead tree but they left town.. never could get my bride to take her chain saw to that tree to see if we could get any leftover honey... for some reason, she would never do that... <sigh> lol :-)* On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Neysa <gramneysa@ct.metrocast.net> wrote: > At the most he had 15 hives. Normally lose one or two in the winter up > here. Last year he had three left; and one of those was a nuke (just > started). Only one hive made more honey than they needed for themselves. > Every now and then some politician says "What has happened to the bees? We > NEED bees!!" That is what beekeepers have tried to tell state and federal > politicians for years. > Neysa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Doug Crim > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:54 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] yesterday morning...bees. > > > I understand the work but I'd want only one hive. something to keep honey > on the family and to help keep me out of trouble.... I can get in a lot of > trouble without really trying. lol > > :-)* > > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Neysa <gramneysa@ct.metrocast.net> > wrote: > > > There is more work than reward in most cases, Doug!! But my husband > still > > plugs away at it, and he is 81 now!! > > Neysa > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Doug Crim > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [ML] yesterday morning...bees. > > > > > > I've always been interested in bees and be hives... maybe by the end of > > the > > month when Sherry retires and we get moved to the ranch, I'll try my > hand > > at > > it... we've had one hive (in a tree) that we've had for years... it's > > close > > to the cattle water trough and the bees love that... lol > > > > :-)* > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Neysa <gramneysa@ct.metrocast.net> > > wrote: > > > > > My husband is a beekeeper. We used to get 700 to 1000 lbs a year > from > > his > > > hives. Now with the mites and other diseases it is a full time job > to > > even > > > keep the colonies alive by medicating them. Last year we got 115 > lbs. > > Be > > > ware of grocery store honey. A lot of it comes from China where they > > leave > > > the medication in when the bees are making honey, and all that > > pesticides > > > (and they aren't fussy what they use) goes right into the honey sold > in > > the > > > store, and your tummy. SueBee is one great offender; and Sara Lee > uses > > > SueBee. Buy local honey from local hives when you can. It is safer. > > > > > > Neysa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: askgranny@juno.com > > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 1:11 AM > > > Subject: Re: [ML] yesterday morning...bees. > > > > > > > > > Why don't you try to find out where the bees are coming from and > hive > > > them up ? If you don't want to fool with it the local Beekeepers > might. > > > Theres probably a hollow tree full of bees somewhere on your ranch. > > Bees > > > of any sort are becoming rare... > > > > > > Honey is so expensive in stores! I paid about $4.50 per quart , as > I > > > found a country source and bought several dozen jars a year or so > ago. > > In > > > the store it's closer to $20.00 a quart...It's wildflower, cotton > and > > > soybean type. If only I could find some Sourwood honey at that > price... > > > It will keep practically forever, and stories of bees dying scares > me. > > We > > > use it every day in my hot Oolong tea and hubby uses it in his > > > coffee...Mighty good on buttered toast....Jeannie T > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > On Thu, 10 Feb . > > > > My hummingbird feeder was covered with honey bees this afternoon. > > The > > > birds won't come around when there are a lot of bees. I am guessing > > > about 50-60 bees. I went out twice and turned the hose on > > > > them but they just kept coming back when I left. So...I finally > left > > > them alone. What I need at a time like that is a bee eater. 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Almost all wild bees have died out. Without the meds provided by the beekeepers, they have simply died out. African bees seem to be immune to most of these things so far. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Crim To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [ML] yesterday morning...bees. yes Ma'am, we need bees... we used to have another hive (wild) in an old dead tree but they left town.. never could get my bride to take her chain saw to that tree to see if we could get any leftover honey... for some reason, she would never do that... <sigh> lol :-)* On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Neysa <gramneysa@ct.metrocast.net> wrote: > At the most he had 15 hives. Normally lose one or two in the winter up > here. Last year he had three left; and one of those was a nuke (just > started). Only one hive made more honey than they needed for themselves. > Every now and then some politician says "What has happened to the bees? We > NEED bees!!" That is what beekeepers have tried to tell state and federal > politicians for years. > Neysa > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Doug Crim > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:54 PM > Subject: Re: [ML] yesterday morning...bees. > > > I understand the work but I'd want only one hive. something to keep honey > on the family and to help keep me out of trouble.... I can get in a lot of > trouble without really trying. lol > > :-)* > > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Neysa <gramneysa@ct.metrocast.net> > wrote: > > > There is more work than reward in most cases, Doug!! But my husband > still > > plugs away at it, and he is 81 now!! > > Neysa > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Doug Crim > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 12:38 PM > > Subject: Re: [ML] yesterday morning...bees. > > > > > > I've always been interested in bees and be hives... maybe by the end of > > the > > month when Sherry retires and we get moved to the ranch, I'll try my > hand > > at > > it... we've had one hive (in a tree) that we've had for years... it's > > close > > to the cattle water trough and the bees love that... lol > > > > :-)* > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Neysa <gramneysa@ct.metrocast.net> > > wrote: > > > > > My husband is a beekeeper. We used to get 700 to 1000 lbs a year > from > > his > > > hives. Now with the mites and other diseases it is a full time job > to > > even > > > keep the colonies alive by medicating them. Last year we got 115 > lbs. > > Be > > > ware of grocery store honey. A lot of it comes from China where they > > leave > > > the medication in when the bees are making honey, and all that > > pesticides > > > (and they aren't fussy what they use) goes right into the honey sold > in > > the > > > store, and your tummy. SueBee is one great offender; and Sara Lee > uses > > > SueBee. Buy local honey from local hives when you can. It is safer. > > > > > > Neysa > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: askgranny@juno.com > > > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 1:11 AM > > > Subject: Re: [ML] yesterday morning...bees. > > > > > > > > > Why don't you try to find out where the bees are coming from and > hive > > > them up ? If you don't want to fool with it the local Beekeepers > might. > > > Theres probably a hollow tree full of bees somewhere on your ranch. > > Bees > > > of any sort are becoming rare... > > > > > > Honey is so expensive in stores! I paid about $4.50 per quart , as > I > > > found a country source and bought several dozen jars a year or so > ago. > > In > > > the store it's closer to $20.00 a quart...It's wildflower, cotton > and > > > soybean type. If only I could find some Sourwood honey at that > price... > > > It will keep practically forever, and stories of bees dying scares > me. > > We > > > use it every day in my hot Oolong tea and hubby uses it in his > > > coffee...Mighty good on buttered toast....Jeannie T > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > On Thu, 10 Feb . > > > > My hummingbird feeder was covered with honey bees this afternoon. > > The > > > birds won't come around when there are a lot of bees. I am guessing > > > about 50-60 bees. I went out twice and turned the hose on > > > > them but they just kept coming back when I left. So...I finally > left > > > them alone. What I need at a time like that is a bee eater. Let > nature > > > take it's course. > > > > > > > > Robert E Paty, Scottsdale, AZ aka Mad Hatter > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! > > > http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message