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Are bees hard to take care of? Someone I know really wants to keep them but doesn't want to get stung and is afraid most of them will die in winter... What should I tell them?
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sounds like when one got caught in my hair - head-slapping fest
I've always wanted bees, but am scared of the commitment, and of what it would cost. Can anyone tell me how much per month they spend and how much time they take?
Once I was in my backyard wearing a pair of Capri pants. I wasn't working my hives but standing rather near them. One lovely lady decided to land on my pant leg and proceeded to crawl up the inside. Higher and higher she went. I began to panic, anticipating a sharp pain in a rather delicate area. With a quick glance to the left and the right I verified that my next door neighbors weren't out in their yards. I dropped my pants, let the girl out, pulled my pants back up and went on my way. Look Ma, no stings!I earned my 1st new hive sting!
I was inspecting my hive frame by frame yesterday. One of the bees managed to find a less than zipped zipper in my bee keeping jacket. She crawled up to my shoulder blade Inside my jacket. I must have semi squished her when leaning over and BAM she hit me.
It hurt, but about half as much as I thought it would/should. Iches like crazy today.
The bee only freaked me out when she wiggled past my collar and flew around inside my veil. I didn't know if I had more than 1 inside my jacket by then. My chickens must have thought I was doing an impression of them at this point.
Ha ha ha
A bee inside the veil!
Yikes!