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Bee Keeping

Post by scorpionmain » Mon Apr 23, 2012 1:53 pm

Some pics of my first bee hive & me installing them.

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This is the way I received them, 3lbs of bees through the US postal service from Walter T. Kelley Co.

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Getting the hive ready

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Here is a pic of the queen in her own little cage.
Notice how the other bees flock to her.

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Plugged the front entrance with grass until they get used to their new home.

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One little bee hanging out on the hive.
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Re: Bee Keeping

Post by JustShootIt » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:03 pm

Awesome....

It would be cool to keep this updated....very interesting
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Re: Bee Keeping

Post by Rem700 » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:15 pm

very cool man....o yea i want some honey!
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Re: Bee Keeping

Post by Livewire » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:27 pm

How long until you can collect honey?
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Post by scorpionmain » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:28 pm

This is my first attempt at it. Hopefully it goes well. I will try to keep this thread updated.
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Re: Bee Keeping

Post by Ulwembu » Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:35 pm

I feel sorry for the little bee :(

;) Cool thing man! I used to work in a commercial bumble bee breeding centre. We used bees as surrogate workers for the bumble bee queens.
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Post by Mandy » Mon Apr 23, 2012 5:53 pm

Very cool! Hope we can get updates!
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Re: Bee Keeping

Post by scorpionmain » Mon Apr 23, 2012 6:01 pm

Livewire wrote:How long until you can collect honey?
Well, it depends on how well they do this summer.
I want them to have enough stores to get them through the winter. Which I believe would be one super (about 2 gallons of honey).
If they can exceed in filling that, I will rob them.
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Re: Bee Keeping

Post by Frailer » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:16 pm

I'm looking forward to updates. Learning to keep bees has been on my "to do" list for a very long time.
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Post by Till » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:11 pm

This would be awesome if I didn't live in the city :(
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Post by Frailer » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:20 pm

Till wrote:This would be awesome if I didn't live in the city :(
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Post by TheMrMitch » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:40 pm

My son does that and does very well. Might get into it if I move there.
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Post by Till » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:44 pm

How much you have tied up in that if you don't mind me askin?
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Post by scorpionmain » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:20 pm

Till wrote:This would be awesome if I didn't live in the city :(
You could keep bees in the city.
I have seen people do it in huge cities like New York and DC.
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Post by scorpionmain » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:21 pm

Well, I went in today and removed the transport cage and replaced frames.
Took a peek to see if I could find the queen.
Never saw her but there was a lot of traffic over and in the queen cage.
Brushed some bees off of the shipping cage and shut the hive back up.
By the time I left the area most of the bees that I couldn't get out of the shipping cage had already rejoined the hive.

They had removed the grass that I plugged the front entrance with and were flying around freely.

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Post by scorpionmain » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:22 pm

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Post by scorpionmain » Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:35 pm

Till wrote:How much you have tied up in that if you don't mind me askin?
I would guess about $250-300, but cost really doesn't matter to me. It's the pleasure of learning how to do something new and be productive that is priceless to me.
I may be able to turn a profit down the road, but right now it is just something to do.
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Post by Whootsinator » Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:06 pm

scorpionmain wrote:
Till wrote:How much you have tied up in that if you don't mind me askin?
I would guess about $250-300, but cost really doesn't matter to me. It's the pleasure of learning how to do something new and be productive that is priceless to me.
I may be able to turn a profit down the road, but right now it is just something to do.

That's how I would view it. It's something I think I would really enjoy... maybe I could try to get something like this going while I'm in college. I am going to be studying biology/ecology, after all.
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Post by Till » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:05 pm

I was just wondering as I'd like get into it
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Post by Mike » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:26 pm

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Post by scorpionmain » Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:29 pm

Till wrote:I was just wondering as I'd like get into it
https://kelleybees.com/
http://www.dadant.com/

Above is a link to the Walter T. Kelley Company and Dadant.
You can find everything you need to get started there.

I bought my hives and frames as un-assembled pieces and put them together over the winter.
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Post by travisccook » Wed Apr 25, 2012 2:10 pm

I'd love to get into this at some point in the future when I have some land... I <3 honey, and it just seems fun!
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Post by scorpionmain » Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:02 pm

Here is some reading for Kentucky Bee keepers:
http://www.kyagr.com/statevet/bees/docu ... EV2007.pdf
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Post by scorpionmain » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:45 pm

Today they were working the Blackberry Bushes heavily in a attempt to build up stores:
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Post by scorpionmain » Sun May 06, 2012 9:47 pm

Snuck a peek into the hive today to see what is going on & grabbed some pics to study on.

Put the hive on cinder blocks instead of the pallet.
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Smoker:
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Smoking the hive before I dive in to inspect the frames.
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The queen with the white paint spot on her:
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Capped brood & stores:
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Larva:
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