How the bee was made, the bee made honey

MissPrissy

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Well it's a darn good life and it's kinda funny
How the bee was made, the bee made honey
And the honey bee lookin' for a home
Made a honeycomb

Then they combed the world and they gathered all
Of the honeycomb into one sweet ball
And the honeycomb from a million trips
Made my baby's lips

Oh honeycomb, won't you be my baby
Well honeycomb be my own
Just a hank o' hair and a piece o' bone
made a walkin', talkin' honeycomb
Well honeycomb won't you be my baby
Well honeycomb be my own
What a darn good life when you got a wife
Like honeycomb

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Now have you heard tell how they made a bee
Then they tried a hand at a green, green tree
So the tree was made, I guess you heard
Up in, well they made a little bird

Now they waited around 'til the end o' spring
Savin' every note the bird did sing
And they rolled it up into one sweet tone
For my honeycomb

Honeycomb, won't you be my baby
Well honeycomb be my own
Just a hank o' hair and a piece o' bone
made a walkin', talkin' honeycomb
Well honeycomb won't you be my baby
Well honeycomb be my own
What a darn good life when you got a wife
Like honeycomb

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In a little while when they made that bird
They looked around for a little word
Sounded sweet as turtle dove
So they called it love

Then they went around lookin' everywhere
Takin' love from here, love from there
And they stored it up in a little cart
For my honey's heart

Oh honeycomb, won't you be my baby
Well honeycomb be my own
Just a hank o' hair and a piece o' bone
made a walkin', talkin' honeycomb
Well honeycomb won't you be my baby
Well honeycomb be my own
What a darn good life when you got a wife
Like honeycomb


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My honeybees came today via the US mail!
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hi, i am a new bee , ha ha .
anyway , we have 15 hives and have been keeping bees for several years . i love it ! we have a little shop where we sell the honey. we live in the high allegheny mtns in west virginia and the weather is not good right now for the bees. bummer .
i am wishing you very good sucess with your honeybees.
way kewl.!!!!
 
You guys are soo lucky!
My pop had lots of hives when I was a kid, 10 behind the house were mine to do with as I saw fit. I miss going out once a week to check on my bees.

Harvest once or twice a year, sell the honey and use the money to buy new supers, wax, racks etc... and pocket the rest.

You get to know your bees moods, when to work them, when to back off, when they need a little help and when to re-queen.

At first you follow the book to the letter, after a while you forget where the book is.
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I miss my bees.
 
Good luck with your new bee project Miss Prissy! So, what are you going to be doing next? I don't know how you do it!!!
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Wonderful! You will love it.. Pretty soon you will be knealing down in front of the hives and talking with your girls! I have been a keeper for 12yrs-10hives and love it..We need lots more keepers...spread the word..Dixie
 
I've been reading and checking out bee keeping for a while,and just last month -got bees!! It's wonderful,listening to my hens/roosters 'talk' and then watching the bees go in -go out-! What peace-in a moment of time...
Just added another hive,and my son and I check them together. In Northbay,it's been good weather for months,so just waiting for blackberries to bloom(some have started-!) BEEEEZZ
 
The first book on beekeeping that I read started off like this: "If you work with bees, you WILL get stung..." That was enough for me. I do wish I had the nerve to keep a hive or two...Good luck.
 
We are flying by the seat of our britches here. My dh built top bar hives and we are flying blind.

All I know is I am feeding bees and hoping they live through the year. Maybe by this time next year I'll know what I am doing.

I read this on the papaers that came with our bees -

"Do not remove any honey from a hive until it is completely sealed over or it will make you sick." I have no clue what they means.

Someone?
 

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