I am pretty sure land isn’t the issue. People keep bees on rooftops in cities and they forage wherever - I guess in parks. I think you need a lot of ‘stuff’ like a bee suit and a smoking thingy. I am thinking of taking lessons from someone local. Well that was in the BC era (Before Corona).
Oh that is so bad! I like to cook and I bake but somehow these days I barely have the time. I do Thai takeaway once every couple of weeks. The chickens get the rice but @Shadrach has persuaded me not to give it to them all in one go. Well maybe. They can be very persuasive!
That's the bonus with doing our native bees. They're stingless & placid. You don't need all the gear.
You most definately are going to have a lot of bees. I'm not sure hows that's bad though.I don't think you need a lot of land for a hive or two ~ but then I don't know about honey bees. Our natives [as in the species we have] only forage about 500m from their hive. If you've plenty of food nearby that's what they'll harvest. Once upon a time most country people kept a skip or two but like so much else people would rather pay someone else to do the work for them even if the end result is poorer quality. One of my cousins used to do bees & honey straight from the hive doesn't taste anything like what you get in the shops. Even the colour is different, so much darker. I've got to paint the new hive apparently. It's a little smaller than our present one & the man has already gone online to order another & a starter colony.This could get out of control fast...
Aurora did that on the carpet today. Mrs BY Bob attended to it quickly.There are days like this.
Moon got up from her nest. I put food outside so when she did decide to unload 24 hours worth int wouldn't be in the house. Had to attend to a cooking pot and then this.....
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I still have the small in my nostrils.
I don't think I can "LIKE" this post.This mornings sunrise. So much diffused light!
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Just after I got up a bugler sounded the last post for ANZAC Day.
It was quite eerie.
I think there were a few people out by their letter boxes.
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Now the sea mist is creating this wonderland...
The hive entrance. You can see how the bees have really expanded the resin @ the entrance. They are a little hard to see because this species is not only tiny, they're completely black but there are a few congregated in the entrance.
This species ditches their males if times get tough. Way to go girls!
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She is a gem that Mrs BY Bob to be cleaning up after chickens and on carpet too. Time to tile I think!Aurora did that on the carpet today. Mrs BY Bob attended to it quickly.
Ick.
