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edz · June 10

Picked up 7 boxes of bees in-between two of the worse storms on the same night. Not in great shape. Working hard to get 4 built p to pretty good, 2 so-so , and one that most of Vegas would bet against. The most splits that I did out of a hive was 8. If anyone wants to guess how many hives I have going into winter, say Oct 1, a forum fiver to the one that gets the correct number. Will be buying queens to make splits this year, but wont **** any hives if I get any (never do this late anyway).

dirtdude · June 10

I'll guess 280 on Oct 1
Added a zero in case you are ambitious

silvermouse · June 11

67

IndustMech · June 11

16

Good luck

ShawnOL · June 11

22, thanks for the contest. Good luck building up your colonies.

edz · June 11

OK wasn't sure if there would be any interest in this, but I need motivation, lol. It's always fun to see what you can do when dealing with nature and animals.

dirtdude · June 11

Get er done Ed

edz · June 11

@dirtdude said:
Get er done Ed

LOL, going to give it a shot. Lucky to know some pretty good beekeepers to get ideas from.

ShawnOL · June 11

I heard vïagra works on bees, too.

edz · June 11

@ShawnOL said:
I heard vïagra works on bees, too.

Queen goes on one date her entire life, with 10 to 15 drones, that's a lot of **** (esp since the males die when they are done). Would cost so much I would have to give really cheap cigars away,lol.

WolfHunter909_ · June 11

Guess 36
Good Luck and Thanks for the Contest
Wish you the best with it and they scare me honestly..

ShawnOL · June 12

I'm only scared of them when they come near me.

silvermouse · June 12

They are not out for blood, like mosquitoes.

First_Warrior · June 12

Glad you are taking care of our pollinators Ed. 21

edz · June 12

@ShawnOL said:
I'm only scared of them when they come near me.

Ever want, since you are not that far, come on over. Throw a suit or jacket on you and you can stand back or go right in a hive if you get comfortable. After the initial what the heck am I doing here , they really are amazing when you hear what they are doing.

Yakster · June 12

I used to enjoy sitting in front of my grandmother's hives in Oceanside, watching them fly away in straight lines.

ShawnOL · June 13

@edz said:

@ShawnOL said:
I'm only scared of them when they come near me.

Ever want, since you are not that far, come on over. Throw a suit or jacket on you and you can stand back or go right in a hive if you get comfortable. After the initial what the heck am I doing here , they really are amazing when you hear what they are doing.

Thanks for the invite, Ed. The only ones that dont scare me are the big furry ones that dont bite.

edz · June 13

@ShawnOL said:

@edz said:

@ShawnOL said:
I'm only scared of them when they come near me.

Ever want, since you are not that far, come on over. Throw a suit or jacket on you and you can stand back or go right in a hive if you get comfortable. After the initial what the heck am I doing here , they really are amazing when you hear what they are doing.

Thanks for the invite, Ed. The only ones that dont scare me are the big furry ones that dont bite.

You are in luck, none of them bite.

WolfHunter909_ · June 13

They only scared me because I was highly allergic many years ago.. But the other week I got way freak out because a swarm of bee's had engulfed my friend and I..It was a giant swarm that had no interest in us but was chasing a tractor trailer for some reason.

dirtdude · 12:48AM

Tractor trailer probably had @edz honey queens onboard

edz · 2:07AM

@dirtdude said:
Tractor trailer probably had @edz honey queens onboard

Man did I feel the wheels of the bus that ran over me, Thanks Randy. Swarms don't bother anyone. Look a bit intimidating at first, but probably the safest place to be around bees.

WolfHunter909_ · 9:31AM

@edz said:

@dirtdude said:
Tractor trailer probably had @edz honey queens onboard

Swarms don't bother anyone. Look a bit intimidating at first, but probably the safest place to be around bees.

What scared/threw us off was that we where at a rest area off of rt76 outside Philly taking our lunch break. For us to be stander there BSing one moment and the next engulfed in a giant swarm moving threw the rest area randomly. That was really weird feeling and scary.

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