Honey Bees in house... THEY'RE BACK!! See #61

[Guitartists]

They may have froze when his father passed away and we shut the house down for a week..... wish I had thought of them

But, DH assures me they weren't around last summer.... I dunno... I thought I saw a few here and there. Maybe there were just not enough of them left.

Those observation hives are flippin sweeet!

DH thinks I'm nuts now for even considering one... LOL He says no way on the deliberate introduction of indoor bees... even if they are safely behind glass

Oh well

 

[mom'sfolly]

Wow. that is so cool!! Enjoy your honey.

 

[deerman]

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Sorry didnt mean anyone done anything wrong. Hives can freeze out in bad winters. Not even all my hives make it thru the winter.

Some hives die when they run out of honey, thats all I was saying some other reason that hive die.

The few bees you saw were robbing the honey.

Oh you can order bees and have them shipped thru the USPS in early spring.

The observation hive it just for looks. thats only about 10% the size you need.

 

[Guitartists]

Oh... no, you didn't say anything wrong.....

I'm just mourning the loss of the bees... there have ALWAYS been bees living in that house for as long as anyone could remember..... it just won;t be the same without them buzzing everywhere in the summer.

 

[gumpsgirl]

Holy cow!

That would have been a heck of a lot of bees! All of that honeycomb was absolutely amazing!

 

[jnjross]

i bet you'll see them in return in april

 

[deerman]

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No sorry bees dont leave and return

 

[HeartLunger]

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Bees only need a draft free hive. They do a fine job of regulating their core and hive temperature at a constant 95 degrees year round. This is how bees survive in trunks of tree etc. I doubt those bees died, but rather left the hive either due to running out of ample room, the queen may have been replaced by a new queen who was either killed on a breeding flight or the queen was just too week, and then there is always colony collapse disorder(which no one understands.)

The best way to get that honey out of the comb is to crush and strain. You can either put it all in a big bucket and crush it and then strain it, or you can build a press: http://www2.gsu.edu/~biojdsx/press.htm and then strain it.

Have fun!

 

[Guitartists]

Thanks for that additional info

 

[playswithfowl]

Omg, I would be in HEAVEN with that much honey! I looovvveee honey.